Malakula

Malakula, also spelled Malekula, is the second-largest island in the nation of , formerly the , in , a region of the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Vanuatu
  • Also known as: Île Malékoula”, “Ile Malekula”, “Ile Mallikolo”, “Malakula Island”, “Malecula”, “Malekula”, and “Mallicollo
  • Historically known as: Malekula Island

Malakula

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—“Malakula” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Malakula
  • Bulgarian: Малакула
  • Bulgarian: Малекула
  • Catalan: Malekula
  • Cebuano: Malakula
  • Chinese: 馬勒庫拉島
  • Chinese: 馬拉庫拉島
  • Croatian: Malakula
  • Czech: Malakula
  • Danish: Malakula
  • Dutch: Malakula
  • Egyptian Arabic: مالاكولا
  • Esperanto: Malakula
  • Esperanto: Malekula
  • Finnish: Malakula
  • Finnish: Malekula
  • Finnish: Mallicolo
  • French: Île Mallicolo
  • French: Malakula
  • French: Malekula
  • French: Mallicolo
  • Galician: Malakula
  • Georgian: მალეკულა
  • German: Malakula
  • German: Malékoula
  • German: Malekula
  • 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
  • Lithuanian: Malekula
  • Macedonian: Малакула
  • Northern Frisian: Malakula
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Malakula
  • Norwegian: Malakula
  • Persian: مالاکولا
  • Polish: Malakula
  • Polish: Malekula
  • Portuguese: Malakula
  • Portuguese: Malékoula
  • Portuguese: Malekula
  • Russian: Малакула
  • Russian: Малекула
  • Serbian: Малакула
  • Spanish: Isla de Malakula
  • Spanish: Malakula
  • Spanish: Malekula
  • Swedish: Malakula
  • Ukrainian: Малекула
  • Vietnamese: Malakula
  • Western Mari: Малекула

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