Kapit

Kapit is a town at the upper Rejang River, , . It can be reached by boat from or . As of Jan 2011, there are no speedboats heading north to Belaga due to a new dam up the river.
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  • Type: City with 78,600 residents
  • Description: town in Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Kapit Fort”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kapit Airport and Fort Sylvia.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Kapit, a town in the state of in .

Museum
The is a historical fort in Kapit, , .

Kapit

Latitude
2.0139° or 2° 0′ 50″ north
Longitude
112.9357° or 112° 56′ 8″ east
Population
78,600
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
IATA airport code
KPI
Open location code
6PJJ2W7P+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2442172568
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1737185
Wiki­data ID
Q2219731
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kapit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كابيت”
  • Bengali: “কাপিট”
  • Cebuano: “Kapit”
  • Chinese: “加帛”
  • Chinese: “加帛县”
  • Chinese: “加帛縣”
  • Danish: “Kapit”
  • Dutch: “Kapit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كابيت”
  • Finnish: “Kapit”
  • French: “Kapit”
  • Greek: “Καπίτ”
  • Gujarati: “કપિત”
  • Hindi: “कॅपिट”
  • Hungarian: “Kapit”
  • Iban: “Kapit”
  • Indonesian: “Kapit”
  • Irish: “Kapit”
  • Italian: “Kapit”
  • Japanese: “カピト”
  • Kannada: “ಕಪಿತ್”
  • Korean: “카핏”
  • Latvian: “Kapita”
  • Lithuanian: “Kapitas”
  • Malay: “Kapit”
  • Marathi: “कपित”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapit”
  • Norwegian: “Kapit”
  • Persian: “کاپیت”
  • Polish: “Kapit”
  • Russian: “Капит”
  • Sinhala: “කපිට්”
  • Swedish: “Kapit”
  • Tamil: “காப்பிட்”
  • Telugu: “కపిట్”
  • Thai: “กาปิต”
  • Turkish: “Kapit”
  • Ukrainian: “Капіт”
  • Urdu: “کاپیت”
  • Urdu: “کاپیٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Kapit”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nanga Merit and Rumah Gare.

Rejang River: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Sibu and Belaga.

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