Loyada
Sign in to saveLoyada (, ) is a small town in Somaliland. Located in the Awdal Region, it is the only official border crossing from Djibouti into Somaliland. It is situated on the west coast of Gulf of Aden, from Salac capital, Selel
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Place details
- Locality
- Loyada لويعدا
- Region
- Arta عرتا
- Country
- Djibouti جيبوتي
- Population
- 1,646
- Timezone
- Africa/Djibouti
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Loyada
- Settlement.native_name
- Lowyacaddeلويعدا
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Loyada border crossing.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the border crossing in 1982
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Somaliland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Somaliland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Djibouti
- Located in
- Arta Region
- Elevation
- +10
- Image
- Arta Region Map.png
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History and politics
- Climate
- Demographics
- References
- External links
Loyada (, ) is a small town in Somaliland. Located in the Awdal Region, it is the only official border crossing from Djibouti into Somaliland. It is situated on the west coast of Gulf of Aden, from Salac capital, Selel
==Etymology== The name of the town derives from Afar Lē-ʿádu or Lē-ʿadó, which means "white watering-place" and in Somali became Loowyaʿádde, "with white calves", by cacography. The French colonial authorities wrote it "Loyada"; the standard Somali spelling is "Lawya caddo".