Malaysia
Sarawak
Kanowit

Kanowit

Kanowit is a town and the capital of Kanowit District, , , , comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985.
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  • Type: Town with 24,700 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Fort Emma” and “卡诺维特”

Kanowit

Latitude
2.09958° or 2° 5′ 59″ north
Longitude
112.15679° or 112° 9′ 24″ east
Population
24,700
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
6PJJ35X4+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2442162924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1736973
Wiki­data ID
Q333774
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kanowit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانويت”
  • Chinese: “加拿逸”
  • Chinese: “加拿逸县”
  • Chinese: “加拿逸縣”
  • Dutch: “Kanowit”
  • Iban: “Kanowit”
  • Indonesian: “Kanowit”
  • Irish: “Kanowit”
  • Malay: “Kanowit”
  • Persian: “کانویت”
  • Tamil: “கனோவிட்”
  • Vietnamese: “Kanowit”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kanowit”. Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0.