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'''Gerad Wilwal Airport''' {{airport codes|JIJ|HAJJ}} (also known as '''Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport''') is a public [[airport]] serving [[Jijiga]], the [[capital city]] of the [[Somali Region]] in eastern [[Ethiopia]]. The airport is located at {{coord|09|19|56|N|42|54|43|E|type:airport_region:ET-SO_source:Wikimapia|name=Garaad Wiil-waal Airport (new)}}, which is {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=in}} east of the city.<ref name="EAE">{{cite web | url = http://www.ethiopianairports.com/JijigaAirport.aspx | title = Garaad Wiil-waal Airport | publisher = Ethiopian Airports Enterprise | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120205130905/http://www.ethiopianairports.com/JijigaAirport.aspx | archivedate = 5 February 2012 | access-date = 21 July 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It is named after seventeenth-century [[Somalis|jigjiga]] ruler [[Garad]] Wiil-Waal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powers |first1=Lyall |title=Alien Heart: The Life and Work of Margaret Laurence |date=2 November 2012 |publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press |page=127 |isbn=9780887553110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7AjxRZosAcC&q=Garaad+Wiil-Waal&pg=PA127}}</ref> |
'''Gerad Wilwal Airport''' {{airport codes|JIJ|HAJJ}} (also known as '''Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport''') is a public [[airport]] serving [[Jijiga]], the [[capital city]] of the [[Somali Region]] in eastern [[Ethiopia]]. The airport is located at {{coord|09|19|56|N|42|54|43|E|type:airport_region:ET-SO_source:Wikimapia|name=Garaad Wiil-waal Airport (new)}}, which is {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=in}} east of the city.<ref name="EAE">{{cite web | url = http://www.ethiopianairports.com/JijigaAirport.aspx | title = Garaad Wiil-waal Airport | publisher = Ethiopian Airports Enterprise | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120205130905/http://www.ethiopianairports.com/JijigaAirport.aspx | archivedate = 5 February 2012 | access-date = 21 July 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It is named after seventeenth-century [[Somalis|jigjiga]] ruler [[Wiil Waal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powers |first1=Lyall |title=Alien Heart: The Life and Work of Margaret Laurence |date=2 November 2012 |publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press |page=127 |isbn=9780887553110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7AjxRZosAcC&q=Garaad+Wiil-Waal&pg=PA127}}</ref> |
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Jijiga's original [[airfield]] is located northwest of the city center at {{coord|09|21|38|N|42|47|16|E|type:airport_region:ET-SO_source:Wikimapia|name=Garaad Wiil-waal Airport (old)}}. |
Jijiga's original [[airfield]] is located northwest of the city center at {{coord|09|21|38|N|42|47|16|E|type:airport_region:ET-SO_source:Wikimapia|name=Garaad Wiil-waal Airport (old)}}. |
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