Nkhotakota District

Nkhotakota is a district in the of . The capital is . The district covers an area of 4,259 km² and has a population of 395,897. The word means "zig-zag" in Chichewa. It is located along the shore of Lake Malawi.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Malawi with 393,000 residents
  • Description: district of Malawi
  • Also known as: “Kota Kota District”, “Mkhotakota”, “Nkhota Kota District”, “Нхатакота”, “Нхатакота (раён)”, and “ンコタコタ県”

Nkhotakota District

Latitude
-12.8042° or 12° 48′ 15″ south
Longitude
34.083° or 34° 4′ 59″ east
Population
393,000
Elevation
712 metres (2,336 feet)
Open location code
5GVP53WM+85
Geo­Names ID
924703
Wiki­data ID
Q687248
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Nkhotakota District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة نكوتاكوتا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nkhotakota”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nxotakota dairəsi”
  • Belarusian: “раён Нхатакота”
  • Bengali: “কোটাকোটা জেলা”
  • Breton: “Nkhotakota”
  • Bulgarian: “Нхотакота”
  • Cebuano: “Nkhotakota District”
  • Chinese: “恩科塔科塔县”
  • Chinese: “恩科塔科塔縣”
  • Danish: “Nkhotakota District”
  • Dutch: “Nkhotakota”
  • Finnish: “Nkhotakotan piirikunta”
  • French: “District de Nkhotakota”
  • French: “Nkhotakota”
  • Fulah: “Ndunngu Nkhotakota”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Nkhotakota”
  • Georgian: “ნხოტაკოტის რაიონი”
  • German: “Nkhotakota”
  • Greek: “Νχοτακότα”
  • Gujarati: “નાખોટાકોટા જિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Gundumar Nkhotakota”
  • Hindi: “खोताकोता जिला”
  • Icelandic: “Nkhotakota”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Nkhotakota”
  • Italian: “distretto di Nkhotakota”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nkhotakota”
  • Japanese: “コタコタ県”
  • Kannada: “ನೆಕೊಟಕೋಟಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “은코타코타현”
  • Latvian: “Nkhotakotas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Nkotakotos apskritis”
  • Malay: “Nkhotakota District”
  • Marathi: “नखोटाकोटा जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nkhotakota Koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nkhotakota”
  • Norwegian: “Nkhotakota”
  • Persian: “بخش نخوتاکوتا”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Nkhotakota”
  • Portuguese: “Nkhotakota”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Nkhotakota”
  • Russian: “Нкота-Кота”
  • Sinhala: “න්ඛෝටකොටා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, මලාවි”
  • Sinhala: “න්ඛෝටකොටා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Nkhotakota”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Nkhotakota”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Nkhotakota”
  • Swedish: “Nkhotakota”
  • Tamil: “ந்கஹோடகோடா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “నికోటాకోటా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตอึงโคทาโกตา”
  • Tumbuka: “Boma la Nkhotakota”
  • Turkish: “Nkhotakota”
  • Ukrainian: “Нхотакота”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Нхотакота”
  • Urdu: “نخوتاکوتا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Nkhotakota”
  • Zulu: “Nkhotakota District”

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