25^th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

• Special presentations
• Press releases
• Essay and Poem Contest for Africa
• Exhibition posters
• Side events
• Photo Gallery

SALB (WHO)

• English

Challenge of Addressing and Development (UN HABITAT)

• English

African Gazetteer

• English

Google Earth

The UNGEGN World Geographical Names Database

• English

EuroGeoNames (EGN) - Partners and lessons learned

• English

On opening of the Conference

• English

On closing of the Conference

• English

A toponymy contest was organized in conjunction with the 25th UNGEGN Session held in Nairobi, the first UNGEGN session to take place in Africa. Its aim was to promote the awareness of the importance of geographical names, the role they play in our relationship with the environment and in our spatial understanding. Participants, from Africa, prepared a short essay or a poem about a particular place and its toponym, or about a group of toponyms.

Contest details

• Arabic
• French
• English

Contest winners

• M. Pax MBUYI MUCICI, République Démocratique du Congo (French)
• M. Farid BENMANE, Algérie (French)
• Mrs. Eman Ahmed ORIEBY, Egypt (Arabic)

• Burkina Faso
• Egypt Applications
• Egypt Atlass
• Egypt Census
• Euro Geonames
• Name Sign Quiz
• SALB
• Seychelles
• Task Team for Africa 1
• Task Team for Africa 2
• Task Team for Africa 3
• Working Group on Data Files and Gazetteers
• World Authorities

• Side events