Zeila

Zeila is a historic city in the north-western reaches of , in the autonomous republic of .
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  • Type: Town with 25,000 residents
  • Description: town in Awdal, Somaliland
  • Also known as: “Avalitae”, “Saylac زيلع”, “Seelaac”, “Séyla‘”, “Seylac”, “Zaila”, “Zajla”, “Zayla”, “Zeïla”, “Zéïla”, “Zeylac”, and “Зейла”

Zeila

Latitude
11.3535° or 11° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
43.4747° or 43° 28′ 29″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7H359F3F+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316518322
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
52078
Wiki­data ID
Q157800
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Zeila” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ዘይላ”
  • Arabic: “زيلع”
  • Asturian: “Zeila”
  • Basque: “Zeila”
  • Catalan: “Zeila”
  • Cebuano: “Saylac”
  • Chinese: “塞拉”
  • Chinese: “泽拉”
  • Chinese: “澤拉”
  • Croatian: “Zeila”
  • Czech: “Zeila”
  • Dutch: “Zeila”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زيلع”
  • Esperanto: “Zeila”
  • Finnish: “Zeila”
  • French: “Zeilah”
  • German: “Zeila”
  • Hebrew: “זיילה”
  • Hindi: “जेइला”
  • Indonesian: “Zeila”
  • Irish: “Zeila”
  • Italian: “Zeila”
  • Japanese: “ゼイラ”
  • Korean: “제일라”
  • Lithuanian: “Saila”
  • Macedonian: “Зајла”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zeila”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zeila”
  • Polish: “Saylac”
  • Portuguese: “Zeila”
  • Portuguese: “Zeilá”
  • Romanian: “Zeila”
  • Russian: “Сайла”
  • Slovenian: “Zeila”
  • Somali: “Saylac”
  • Spanish: “Zeila”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Saylac”
  • Swahili: “Zeila”
  • Swedish: “Zeila”
  • Turkish: “Zeyla”
  • Ukrainian: “Сайла”
  • Urdu: “زيلع”
  • Urdu: “زیلع”
  • Zulu: “Zeila”

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