Langkawi

Langkawi, officially known as "Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah" is an archipelago of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, 30 km off the mainland coast of .
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  • Type: District with 64,800 residents
  • Description: archipelago in Malaysia
  • Also known as: Daerah Langkawi”, “Langkawi Island”, “Langkawi Islands”, “Langkawi Permata Kedah”, “Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah”, and “Pulau Langkawi

Langkawi

Latitude
6.37° or 6° 22′ 12″ north
Longitude
99.7929° or 99° 47′ 34″ east
Population
64,800
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
6MRX9QCV+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4171940591
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­district
Geo­Names ID
1222381
Wiki­data ID
Q273303
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Langkawi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: لانكاوي
  • Arabic: لنكاوي
  • Azerbaijani: Lanqkavi adaları
  • Bengali: লংকাওয়ে
  • Burmese: လန်ကာဝီကျွန်း
  • Catalan: Langkawi
  • Cebuano: Langkawi Islands
  • Cebuano: Langkawi
  • Chinese: Langkawi
  • Chinese: 兰卡威
  • Chinese: 兰卡威岛
  • Chinese: 凌家衛島
  • Chinese: 浮罗交怡
  • Chinese: 浮罗交怡县
  • Chinese: 浮羅交怡
  • Chinese: 蘭卡威
  • Chinese: 蘭卡威島
  • Chinese: 龙牙交椅
  • Chinese: 龙牙菩提
  • Czech: Langkawi
  • Danish: Langkawi
  • Dutch: Langkawi
  • Finnish: Langkawi
  • French: Langkawi
  • German: Langkawi
  • German: Pulau Langkawi
  • Gujarati: લેંગકાવી
  • Hebrew: לנגקאווי
  • Hindi: लंगकावी
  • Hindi: लांगकवी
  • Hungarian: Langkawi
  • Indonesian: Langkawi
  • Indonesian: Pulau Langkawi
  • Italian: Langkawi
  • Japanese: ダタイ川
  • Japanese: ランカウイ
  • Japanese: ランカウイ島
  • Kannada: ಲಂಕಾವಿ
  • Korean: 랑카위 섬
  • Korean: 랑카위
  • Lithuanian: Langkavis
  • Malay: Langkawi
  • Malay: Pulau Langkawi
  • Mazanderani: لانکاوی
  • Mazanderani: لانگکاوی
  • Min Nan Chinese: Langkawi
  • Minangkabau: Langkawi
  • Nepali: लंगकावी
  • Nepali: लाङ्कावी
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Langkawi
  • Norwegian: Langkawi
  • Panjabi: ਲੰਗਕਾਵੀ
  • Persian: لنکاوی
  • Polish: Langkawi
  • Russian: Лангкави
  • Spanish: Archipielago Langkawi
  • Spanish: Archipiélago Langkawi
  • Swedish: Langkawi
  • Tamil: லங்காவி
  • Telugu: లంకావీ
  • Thai: เกาะลังกาวี
  • Turkish: Langkawi
  • Ukrainian: Лангкаві
  • Urdu: لانگکاوی
  • Vietnamese: Langkawi
  • Western Panjabi: لنگکاوی
  • Wu Chinese: Langkawi
  • Wu Chinese: Pulau Langkawi
  • Wu Chinese: 浮罗交怡
  • Yue Chinese: Langkawi
  • Yue Chinese: 浮羅交怡

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