Sool

Sool is a disputed administrative region. It borders to the west, to the north, to the south, and and to the east. Its capital city is .
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is the administrative capital of the Sool region, currently controlled by North Eastern State of Somalia forces aligned with .

Sool

Latitude
8.6667° or 8° 40′ north
Longitude
47.5° or 47° 30′ east
Population
327,000
Elevation
555 metres (1,821 feet)
Abbreviation
“SL”
Open location code
6HW9MG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
6268947
Wiki­data ID
Q848864
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sool” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سول‎
  • Arabic: صول
  • Basque: Sool
  • Bavarian: Sool
  • Bulgarian: Сол
  • Bulgarian: Суул
  • Catalan: Sool
  • Cebuano: Gobolka Sool
  • Chinese: 索勒
  • Chinese: 索勒州
  • Chinese: 苏尔
  • Chinese: 苏尔州
  • Chinese: 蘇爾州
  • Czech: Sool
  • Danish: Sool
  • Dutch: Sool
  • Esperanto: Sool
  • Finnish: Sool
  • French: Sool
  • Georgian: სოლის რეგიონი
  • German: SO
  • German: Sool
  • Indonesian: Sool, Somalia
  • Italian: Regione di Sool
  • Italian: Sol
  • Italian: Sool
  • Japanese: スール州
  • Javanese: Sool
  • Korean: 솔주
  • Malay: Sool
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sool
  • Norwegian: Sool
  • Persian: سول (سومالی)
  • Persian: سول
  • Polish: Sool
  • Portuguese: Sool
  • Russian: Соль
  • Russian: Сул
  • Sinhala: සූල් කලාපය, සෝමාලිලන්තය
  • Slovenian: Sool
  • Somali: Gobolka sool
  • Somali: Gobolka Sool
  • Somali: Sool
  • Spanish: Región de Sool
  • Spanish: Sool
  • Swahili: Sool, Somalia
  • Swedish: Sool
  • Thai: แคว้นซอล
  • Turkish: Sul
  • Ukrainian: Сул
  • Urdu: سول
  • Yue Chinese: 蘇爾 (索馬里)
  • Zulu: Sool, ISomaliya
  • Zulu: Sool, Waqooyibari

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