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.
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  • Type: district of Malawi with 393,000 residents
  • Description: district of Malawi
  • Also known as: Kota Kota District”, “Mkhotakota”, and “Nkhota Kota District

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: Нхатакота (раён)
  • Belarusian: Нхатакота
  • Belarusian: раён Нхатакота
  • Bengali: কোটাকোটা জেলা
  • Breton: Nkhotakota
  • Bulgarian: Нхотакота
  • Cebuano: Nkhotakota District
  • Chinese: Nkhotakota Koān
  • 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
  • Hindi: खोताकोता जिला
  • Icelandic: Nkhotakota
  • Indonesian: Distrik Nkhotakota
  • Italian: distretto di Nkhotakota
  • Italian: Distretto di Nkhotakota
  • Japanese: コタコタ県
  • Japanese: ンコタコタ県
  • 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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