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Qandala

Eastern Africa

Qandala is an ancient port town in the Qandala District of the Bari region in the autonomous Puntland state of northeastern Somalia. It has a population of around 19,300 and sits on a wadi estuary that forms a natural harbor on the Gulf of Aden, about 75 kilometers east of the Puntland capital, Bosaso.

Facts
Population
19,300 1
Latitude
11.466667 degrees north 2
Longitude
49.866667 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Qandala
GeoNames geonameid 53157 (Qandala), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Qandala (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 11.466667, longitude 49.866667
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3. GeoNames: Qandala - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 53157
    11.47197 49.87282 P PPL SO 03 19300 8 Africa/Mogadishu
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 8 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 11.25, 49.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.25, 49.75
11.25 49.75 BWh
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Wikidata: Qandala
Wikidata Q1668870, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Qandala (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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