Meghalaya
West Jaintia Hills District
Thadlaskein

Jowai

Jowai is the headquarters of the of the state of , India, and is home to the Pnar, a sub-tribe of the Khasi people.
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Jowai

Latitude
25.44347° or 25° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
92.19732° or 92° 11′ 50″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
1,358 metres (4,455 feet)
Open location code
7MQJC5VW+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245733742
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1268810
Wiki­data ID
Q2070576
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Jowai” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “জোয়াই”
  • Bishnupriya: “জাওয়াই”
  • Catalan: “Jowai”
  • Chinese: “Jawai”
  • Chinese: “賈瓦伊”
  • Chinese: “贾瓦伊”
  • Dutch: “Jawai”
  • Dutch: “Jowai”
  • French: “Jowai”
  • German: “Jawai”
  • German: “Jowai”
  • Gujarati: “જોવાઈ”
  • Hindi: “जोवाई”
  • Irish: “Jowai”
  • Italian: “Jowai”
  • Japanese: “ジョワイ”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋವಾಈ”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋವಾಯ್”
  • Kashmiri: “جووے”
  • Korean: “조와이”
  • Malagasy: “Jowai”
  • Malay: “Jawai”
  • Malayalam: “Jowai”
  • Malayalam: “ജോവായി”
  • Manipuri: “ꯖꯣꯋꯥꯏ”
  • Marathi: “जोवाई”
  • Marathi: “जोवाल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jawai”
  • Newari: “जवाइ”
  • Newari: “जवाई”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jowai”
  • Portuguese: “Jawai”
  • Russian: “Джоваи”
  • Sanskrit: “जोवाइ”
  • Spanish: “Jowai”
  • Tamil: “ஜோவாய்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோவை”
  • Telugu: “జోవై”
  • Ukrainian: “Джовай”
  • Urdu: “جووائی”
  • Urdu: “جووے”
  • Vietnamese: “Jawai”

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