Malekula

Malekula, also spelled Malakula, is the second-largest island in the nation of , an archipelago of in the South Pacific.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Vanuatu
  • Also known as: “Île Malékoula”, “Ile Malekula”, “Île Mallicolo”, “Ile Mallikolo”, “Malakula Island”, “Malecula”, “Malékoula”, “Mallicollo”, “Mallicolo”, and “馬勒庫拉島”
  • Historically known as: “Malekula Island”

Malekula

Latitude
-16.26997° or 16° 16′ 12″ south
Longitude
167.50674° or 167° 30′ 24″ east
Population
22,900
Elevation
879 metres (2,884 feet)
Open location code
5VM9PGJ4+2M
Geo­Names ID
2136122
Wiki­data ID
Q618594
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Mari—“Malekula” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Malakula”
  • Bulgarian: “Малекула”
  • Catalan: “Malekula”
  • Cebuano: “Malakula”
  • Chinese: “馬拉庫拉島”
  • Croatian: “Malakula”
  • Czech: “Malakula”
  • Danish: “Malakula”
  • Dutch: “Malakula”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مالاكولا”
  • Esperanto: “Malekula”
  • Finnish: “Malekula”
  • French: “Malekula”
  • Galician: “Malakula”
  • Georgian: “მალეკულა”
  • German: “Malakula”
  • Greek: “Μαλακούλα”
  • Hebrew: “מאלאקולה”
  • Hungarian: “Malekula”
  • Iloko: “Malakula”
  • Indonesian: “Malakula”
  • Italian: “Malakula”
  • Italian: “Malekula”
  • Japanese: “マレクラ島”
  • Korean: “말레쿨라섬”
  • Latvian: “Malakula”
  • Lithuanian: “Malakula”
  • Macedonian: “Малакула”
  • Northern Frisian: “Malakula”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malakula”
  • Norwegian: “Malakula”
  • Persian: “مالاکولا”
  • Polish: “Malekula”
  • Portuguese: “Malakula”
  • Russian: “Малекула”
  • Serbian: “Малакула”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Malakula”
  • Spanish: “Malakula”
  • Swedish: “Malakula”
  • Ukrainian: “Малекула”
  • Vietnamese: “Malakula”
  • Western Mari: “Малекула”

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