Semonkong

Semonkong is a small town in central . In Sesotho, Semonkong literally means Place of Smoke, which is a reference to the huge 200m Maletsunyane Falls which is close to the town.
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  • Town
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,491 metres (8,173 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SOK
  • …is also known as “Semonkong Community”
  • Description: town in Lesotho

Places of Interest

Highlights include Semonkong Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Graham Maclachlan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport serving the village of Semonkong in , .

Semonkong

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Latitude
-29.84° or 29° 50′ 24″ south
Longitude
28.0511° or 28° 3′ 4″ east
Open location code
5G2C5352+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 336606936
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7304028
Wiki­data ID
Q7449753

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Semonkong” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Semonkong”
  • Arabic: “سيمونكونغ”
  • Cebuano: “Semonkong Community”
  • Chinese: “塞蒙康”
  • Dutch: “Semonkong”
  • French: “Semonkong”
  • Hebrew: “סמונקונג”
  • Japanese: “セモンコン”
  • Japanese: “セモンコング”
  • Russian: “Семонконг”
  • Swedish: “Semonkong Community”
  • Ukrainian: “Семенконг”
  • Ukrainian: “Семонконг”
  • Vietnamese: “Semonkong”

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