Central Karnataka
Shimoga
Shivamogga

Shimoga

Shimoga, now known officially as Shivamogga, is a town in the state of . The name originates from Shiva-mukha i.e, face of Lord Shiva.
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  • Type: City with 400,000 residents
  • Description: city in Karnataka, India
  • Also known as: “Shimogga”, “Shivamogga”, and “Shivamoggi”

Shimoga

Latitude
13.9326° or 13° 55′ 57″ north
Longitude
75.575° or 75° 34′ 30″ east
Population
400,000
Elevation
590 metres (1,936 feet)
IATA airport code
RQY
United Nations Location Code
IN SMK
Open location code
7J5QWHMF+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245625473
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1256515
Wiki­data ID
Q281796
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shimoga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيموجا”
  • Arabic: “شيموغا”
  • Bavarian: “Shivamogga”
  • Bengali: “শিবমোগ্গা”
  • Bengali: “শিমোগা”
  • Bhojpuri: “शिमोगा”
  • Bishnupriya: “শিমোগা”
  • Catalan: “Shimoga”
  • Chinese: “Shimoga”
  • Chinese: “希莫加”
  • Chinese: “詩法摩嘎”
  • Chinese: “诗法摩嘎”
  • Czech: “Shivamogga”
  • Czech: “Šimóga”
  • Danish: “Shimoga”
  • Dutch: “Shimoga”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝivamogga”
  • Finnish: “Shivamogga”
  • French: “Shimoga”
  • German: “Shimoga”
  • German: “Shivamogga”
  • German: “ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ”
  • Greek: “Σιμόγκα”
  • Gujarati: “શિમોગા”
  • Hebrew: “שימוגה”
  • Hindi: “शिमोगा”
  • Hindi: “शिवमोगा”
  • Hindi: “शिवमोग्गा”
  • Indonesian: “Shimoga”
  • Italian: “Shimoga”
  • Japanese: “シヴァモッガ”
  • Kannada: “Shivamogga”
  • Kannada: “ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ”
  • Kashmiri: “شیواموججا”
  • Korean: “쉬밤모가”
  • Korean: “시모가”
  • Korean: “시바모가”
  • Latvian: “Šimoga”
  • Lithuanian: “Šimoga”
  • Malagasy: “Shimoga”
  • Malay: “Shimoga”
  • Malayalam: “ഷിമോഗ”
  • Marathi: “शिमोगा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shimoga”
  • Nepali: “शिमोगा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shivamogga”
  • Norwegian: “Shimoga”
  • Oriya: “ସିମୋଗା”
  • Pampanga: “Shivamogga”
  • Persian: “شیموگا”
  • Polish: “Shivamogga”
  • Portuguese: “Shivamogga”
  • Romanian: “Shimoga”
  • Russian: “Шимога”
  • Sanskrit: “शिमोगा”
  • Sanskrit: “शिवमोग्गामण्डलम्”
  • Serbian: “Шимога”
  • Sinhala: “ශිවමොග්ග”
  • Spanish: “Shimoga”
  • Swahili: “Shimoga”
  • Swahili: “Shivamogga”
  • Swedish: “Shimoga”
  • Swedish: “Shivamogga”
  • Tamil: “சீமக்கா”
  • Tamil: “ஷிவாமோக்கா”
  • Telugu: “శివమొగ్గ”
  • Thai: “ชิโมกา”
  • Tulu: “ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Tulu: “ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ”
  • Turkish: “Shivamogga”
  • Ukrainian: “Шимога”
  • Urdu: “شموگا”
  • Urdu: “شیواموججا”
  • Vietnamese: “Shimoga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shimoga”
  • Western Panjabi: “شیواموگا”
  • Yue Chinese: “希莫加”
  • “शिमोगा”

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