Kismayo

port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia and capital of Jubaland
City city Q270787
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Kismayo

Summary

Kismayo is a city[1]. Kismayo draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #585 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kismayo is located in Kismayo District[3].
  • Kismayo is in the country of Somalia[4].
  • Kismayo's image is recorded as Kismayo.jpg[5].
  • Kismayo's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Kismayo's instance of is recorded as port city[7].
  • Kismayo's official language is recorded as Somali[8].
  • Kismayo's official language is recorded as Swahili[9].
  • Kismayo's shares border with is recorded as Indian Ocean[10].
  • Kismayo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315158547[11].
  • Kismayo's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93118612[12].
  • Kismayo's Commons category is recorded as Kismayo[13].
  • Kismayo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[14].
  • Kismayo's located in time zone is recorded as East Africa Time[15].
  • Kismayo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[16].
  • Kismayo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -0.36027777777778, 'lon': 42.548888888889}[17].
  • Kismayo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gh99[18].
  • Kismayo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kismayo[19].
  • Kismayo's page banner is recorded as Kismayo banner storefront.jpg[20].
  • Kismayo's population is recorded as {'amount': '+166667'}[21].
  • Kismayo's capital of is recorded as Lower Juba[22].
  • Kismayo's capital of is recorded as Jubaland[23].
  • Kismayo's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Kismaayo[24].
  • Kismayo's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'so', 'text': 'Kismaayo'}[25].
  • Kismayo's category for people who died here is recorded as Q32660866[26].
  • Kismayo's GeoNames ID is recorded as 55671[27].

Body

Geography

Kismayo is in the country of Somalia[4]. Kismayo is located in Kismayo District[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kismayo's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+42'}[28]. Kismayo's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}[29]. Kismayo's population is recorded as {'amount': '+166667'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[6] and port city[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kismayo include Kismayo Airport[30], an airport[31], in Somalia[32].

Why It Matters

Kismayo draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #585 of 5,534).[2] Kismayo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Kismayo is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Kismayo include Kismayo Airport[30], an airport[31], in Somalia[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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