Xai-Xai

Xai-Xai is a coastal city at the mouth of the Limpopo River in . Visitors enjoy its wide, golden sand beaches and snorkling at its coral reefs.
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  • Type: City with 116,000 residents
  • Description: city in Gaza Province, Mozambique
  • Also known as: “Chai Chai”, “Shai-Shai”, and “Vila-João-Belo”
  • Historically known as: “Joa Belo” and “João Belo”

Xai-Xai

Latitude
-25.0445° or 25° 2′ 40″ south
Longitude
33.6407° or 33° 38′ 27″ east
Population
116,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
IATA airport code
VJB
United Nations Location Code
MZ VJB
Open location code
5G6MXJ4R+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 335077559
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1024552
Wiki­data ID
Q318299
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Xai-Xai” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “João Belo”
  • Afrikaans: “Xai-Xai”
  • Amharic: “ክሳይ-ክሳይ”
  • Arabic: “خاي خاي”
  • Arabic: “خاي-خاي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xay-Xay”
  • Basque: “Xai-Xai”
  • Bengali: “জাই-জাই”
  • Bengali: “সাই-সাই”
  • Catalan: “João Belo”
  • Catalan: “Vila de João Belo”
  • Catalan: “Xai-Xai”
  • Cebuano: “Xai-Xai”
  • Chinese: “賽賽”
  • Chinese: “赛赛”
  • Croatian: “Xai Xai”
  • Croatian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Danish: “Xai-Xai”
  • Dutch: “Xai-Xai”
  • Esperanto: “Xai-Xai”
  • Estonian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Finnish: “Xai-Xai”
  • French: “Xai-Xai”
  • Gagauz: “Xai-Xai”
  • Georgian: “შაი-შაი”
  • German: “Xai-Xai”
  • Greek: “Σάι-Σάι”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાઈ-ઝાઈ”
  • Hausa: “Xai-Xai”
  • Hebrew: “שאי-שאי”
  • Hindi: “ज़ैई-ज़ैई”
  • Hindi: “साई-साई”
  • Indonesian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Irish: “Xai-Xai”
  • Italian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Japanese: “サイサイ”
  • Japanese: “シャイ＝シャイ”
  • Japanese: “シャイシャイ”
  • Javanese: “Xai-Xai”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಸೈ-ಕ್ಸೈ”
  • Kazakh: “Хай-Хай”
  • Kirghiz: “Хай-Хай”
  • Korean: “샤이샤이”
  • Latvian: “Šaišai”
  • Lithuanian: “Šai Šai”
  • Lithuanian: “Šai Šajus”
  • Lithuanian: “Šai-Šai”
  • Malagasy: “Xai-Xai”
  • Malay: “Xai-Xai”
  • Marathi: “क्साई-क्साई”
  • Northern Frisian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xai-Xai”
  • Norwegian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Oromo: “Xai-Xai”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਈ-ਸਾਈ”
  • Persian: “خای-خای”
  • Persian: “شای-شای”
  • Polish: “Xai-Xai”
  • Portuguese: “Chai-Chai”
  • Portuguese: “João Belo”
  • Portuguese: “Vila João Belo”
  • Portuguese: “Vila Nova de Gaza”
  • Portuguese: “Xai Xai”
  • Portuguese: “Xai-Xai”
  • Pushto: “خای خای”
  • Romanian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Russian: “Шаи-Шаи”
  • Sinhala: “ක්සායි - ක්සායි”
  • Somali: “Xai-Xai”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شای-شای”
  • Spanish: “Xai Xai”
  • Spanish: “Xai-Xai”
  • Swahili: “Xai-Xai”
  • Swedish: “Joao Belo”
  • Swedish: “João Belo”
  • Swedish: “Xai Xai”
  • Swedish: “Xai-Xai”
  • Tajik: “Хой-Хой”
  • Tamil: “க்ஸாய்- க்ஸாய்”
  • Tatar: “Хай-Хай”
  • Telugu: “గ్జయి-గ్జయి”
  • Thai: “ไช-ไช”
  • Thai: “ไซ ไซ”
  • Turkish: “Xai-Xai”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаї-Шаї”
  • Urdu: “شای-شای”
  • Uzbek: “Xay-Xay”
  • Venetian: “Xai-Xai”
  • Vietnamese: “Xai-Xai”
  • Zulu: “Xai-Xai”

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