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Togo
Kara Region

Kara

Kara is a city in northern , situated in , 413 km north of the capital . Kara is the capital of the and, according to the 2010 census, had a population of 94,878.
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  • Type: City with 110,000 residents
  • Description: city and capital of the Kara region in Togo
  • Also known as: “Kara, Togo” and “Lama”

Kara

Latitude
9.5489° or 9° 32′ 56″ north
Longitude
1.1977° or 1° 11′ 52″ east
Population
110,000
Elevation
291 metres (955 feet)
Open location code
6FX3G5XX+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2516231661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2366152
Wiki­data ID
Q860729
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كارا(مدينة )”
  • Arabic: “كارا”
  • Bengali: “কারা”
  • Cebuano: “Kara”
  • Chinese: “卡拉”
  • Croatian: “Kara”
  • Croatian: “Lama-Kara”
  • Czech: “Kara”
  • Danish: “Kara”
  • Dutch: “Kara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارا”
  • Esperanto: “Kara”
  • Ewe: “Kara”
  • Finnish: “Kara”
  • French: “Kara”
  • German: “Kara”
  • Greek: “Καρά”
  • Gujarati: “કારા”
  • Hebrew: “קארה”
  • Hindi: “काड़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Kara”
  • Indonesian: “Kara, Togo”
  • Indonesian: “Kara”
  • Italian: “Kara”
  • Japanese: “カラ”
  • Kabiyè: “Kayaɣ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರಾ”
  • Korean: “카라”
  • Latvian: “Kara”
  • Lithuanian: “Kara”
  • Malay: “Kara”
  • Marathi: “कारा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kara”
  • Norwegian: “Kara”
  • Polish: “Kara”
  • Portuguese: “Kara”
  • Romanian: “Kara, Togo”
  • Romanian: “Kara”
  • Russian: “Кара”
  • Sinhala: “කරා”
  • Slovak: “Kara”
  • Spanish: “Kara”
  • Swedish: “Kara, Togo”
  • Swedish: “Kara”
  • Tamil: “கரா”
  • Telugu: “కారా”
  • Thai: “การา”
  • Turkish: “Kara, Togo”
  • Turkish: “Kara”
  • Ukrainian: “Кара”
  • Urdu: “کارا، ٹوگو”
  • Urdu: “کارا”
  • Veps: “Kar”
  • Vietnamese: “Kara”
  • “Kara”

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