Sligo

Sligo is the principal town in in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.
  • Town with about 19,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SXL
  • …is also known as “Sligeach”
  • Description: main town in county Sligo, Ireland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Railway station
Sligo railway station, also known as MacDiarmada…
Stadium
is the principal GAA stadium…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosses Point and Ballincar.
is a village in with a population of 900 in 2022.
Hamlet
is a small village and townland in , Ireland.
or Rathcormac is a village in , . is situated 5 km north of Sligo.
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Latitude
54.2721° or 54° 16′ 20″ north
Longitude
-8.4751° or 8° 28′ 31″ west
UN/LOCODE
IE SLI
Open location code
9C6H7GCF+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Sligo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سلايغو”
  • Arabic: “سليجو”
  • Armenian: “Սլայգո (մարզ)”
  • Armenian: “Սլայգո”
  • Asturian: “Sligo”
  • Basque: “Sligo”
  • Belarusian: “Слайга”
  • Breton: “Sligeach”
  • Breton: “Sligo”
  • Bulgarian: “Слайго”
  • Bulgarian: “Слайгоу”
  • Catalan: “Sligo”
  • Cebuano: “Sligo”
  • Central Kurdish: “سلایگۆ”
  • Chinese: “斯莱戈”
  • Chinese: “斯萊戈”
  • Cornish: “Sligeach”
  • Czech: “Sligo”
  • Danish: “Sligeach”
  • Danish: “Sligo”
  • Dutch: “Sligo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سلايجو”
  • Esperanto: “Sligo”
  • Estonian: “Sligeach”
  • Estonian: “Sligo”
  • Finnish: “Sligo”
  • French: “Sligo”
  • Galician: “Sligo - Sligeach”
  • Galician: “Sligo”
  • Georgian: “სლაიგო”
  • German: “Sligo”
  • Greek: “Σλάιγκο”
  • Hebrew: “סלייגו”
  • Hungarian: “Sligo”
  • Ido: “Sligo”
  • Indonesian: “Sligeach”
  • Indonesian: “Sligo”
  • Irish: “Sligeach”
  • Italian: “Sligo Town”
  • Italian: “Sligo”
  • Japanese: “スライゴ”
  • Japanese: “スライゴー”
  • Korean: “슬라이고”
  • Latin: “Slegum”
  • Latvian: “Slaigo”
  • Lithuanian: “Slaigas”
  • Lithuanian: “Slaigo”
  • Lithuanian: “Sligas”
  • Macedonian: “Слајго”
  • Maltese: “Sligo”
  • Manx: “Shliggagh”
  • Manx: “Sligeach”
  • Mongolian: “Слайго”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sligo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sligo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sligeach”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sligo”
  • Norwegian: “Sligo”
  • Ossetian: “Слайго”
  • Persian: “اسلایگو”
  • Persian: “اسلیگو”
  • Piemontese: “Sligo”
  • Polish: “Sligo”
  • Portuguese: “Sligo”
  • Romanian: “Sligo”
  • Russian: “Слайго”
  • Sardinian: “Sligo”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sligeach”
  • Serbian: “Slajgo”
  • Serbian: “Sligo”
  • Serbian: “Слајго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Slajgo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sligeach”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sligo”
  • Slovak: “Sligo”
  • Slovenian: “Sligo”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Sligo”
  • Spanish: “Sligo”
  • Swahili: “Sligo”
  • Swedish: “Sligo”
  • Thai: “สไลโก”
  • Turkish: “Sligo”
  • Ukrainian: “Слайго”
  • Ukrainian: “Слайґо”
  • Urdu: “سلائیگو”
  • Welsh: “Sligeach”
  • Welsh: “Sligo”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯莱戈”

Localities in the Area

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County Sligo: Highlights

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