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Garoowe

Eastern Africa

Garoowe, also spelled Garowe, is the capital city of the Puntland state in northeastern Somalia and the administrative center of the Nugaal region. The city has grown as a seat of government institutions and services, in a territory with a semi-arid climate whose economy rests on trade, livestock, and agriculture.

Facts
Population
57,300 1
Area (sq km)
18 2
Elevation (m)
460 2
Latitude
8.4 degrees north 2
Longitude
48.483333 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Garoowe
GeoNames geonameid 58933 (Garoowe), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Garoowe (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 8.4, longitude 48.483333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 460 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 18.0 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Garoowe - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 58933
    8.40207 48.48284 P PPLA SO 18 57300 465 Africa/Mogadishu
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 465 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 48.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 48.25
8.25 48.25 BWh
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Wikidata: Garoowe
Wikidata Q822679, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Garoowe (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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