Karonga

Karonga is a township in the in of in southeastern Africa. Located on the western shore of Lake Malawi, it was established as a slaving centre sometime before 1877.
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  • Town with 42,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 486 metres (1,594 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KGJ
  • Description: township in the Karonga District in Northern Region of Malawi

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karonga Stadium.
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Karonga

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Latitude
-9.9394° or 9° 56′ 22″ south
Longitude
33.9271° or 33° 55′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
MW KGJ
Open location code
6G2M3W6G+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258849781
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
235715
Wiki­data ID
Q1022512

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Karonga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريف كارونجا”
  • Asturian: “Karonga”
  • Bulgarian: “Каронга”
  • Cebuano: “Karonga”
  • Chinese: “卡龍加”
  • Chinese: “卡龙加”
  • Danish: “Karonga”
  • Dutch: “Karonga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريف كارونجا”
  • French: “Karonga”
  • German: “Karonga”
  • German: “MW-KR”
  • Hausa: “Karonga”
  • Hebrew: “קרונגה”
  • Irish: “Karonga”
  • Italian: “Karonga”
  • Japanese: “カロンガ”
  • Korean: “카롱가”
  • Lithuanian: “Karonga”
  • Northern Frisian: “Karonga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karonga”
  • Nyanja: “Karonga”
  • Persian: “کارونگا”
  • Polish: “Karonga”
  • Portuguese: “Karonga”
  • Romanian: “Karonga”
  • Russian: “Каронга”
  • Somali: “Karonga”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کارونقا”
  • Swahili: “Karonga”
  • Swedish: “Karonga, Malawi”
  • Swedish: “Karonga”
  • Tumbuka: “Karonga”
  • Turkish: “Karonga, Malavi”
  • Turkish: “Karonga”
  • Ukrainian: “Каронга”
  • Urdu: “کارونگا”
  • Zulu: “Karonga”

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