West Coast
Malacca
Melaka Tengah District

Malacca

Malacca City is a city and the capital of the , . Malacca is a vibrant old city with a unique historical and cultural background. The city centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with , .
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  • Type: City with 454,000 residents
  • Description: state capital of Malacca, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Bandaraya Melaka”, “Kota Melaka”, “Malaca”, “Malacca City”, “Melaka City”, “满剌加市”, and “马六甲”
Photo: Adiput, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include A Famosa Fortress and Stadthuys.

Castle
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A Famosa was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, circa 1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole.

Museum
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The is a historical structure situated in the heart of Malacca City, the administrative capital of the state of , , in a place known as the Red Square.

Museum
Photo: Adiput, Public domain.
Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum also known as the is a museum located at the foot of in Malacca City, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morten Village and Portuguese Settlement.

Hamlet
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kampung Morten is a historically traditional Malay village in Malacca City Centre in the state of . It is named after a British land revenue collector during the , Frederick Joseph Morten.

Neighborhood
The is a neighbourhood in Ujong Pasir, Malacca City, which serves as a home for the Kristang or Portuguese-Eurasian people of Malacca.

Quarter
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb of Malacca City and a mukim of in the state of . It is home to several bungalows functioning as government offices and quarters or state galleries, which were built during British colonial era and located at the top of the Bukit Hill.

Malacca

Latitude
2.1943° or 2° 11′ 39″ north
Longitude
102.2487° or 102° 14′ 55″ east
Population
454,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
MKZ
United Nations Location Codes
MY MEA and MY MKZ
Open location code
6PJ456VX+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321322622
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1734759
Wiki­data ID
Q61089
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Malacca” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Banda Melaka”
  • Arabic: “مدينة ملقا”
  • Arabic: “ملقا”
  • Armenian: “Մալակկա”
  • Asturian: “Malacca”
  • Azerbaijani: “Malakka şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Malakka”
  • Balinese: “Kota Malaka”
  • Banjar: “Kota Malaka”
  • Banjar: “Kuta Malaka, Malaysia”
  • Banjar: “Kuta Malaka”
  • Belarusian: “Малака”
  • Belarusian: “Малакка”
  • Bengali: “মালাক্কা”
  • Bulgarian: “Малака”
  • Burmese: “မလက်ကာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Malaca”
  • Catalan: “Malacca”
  • Cebuano: “Malacca”
  • Chinese: “Má-la̍k-kah Chhī”
  • Chinese: “馬六甲城”
  • Chinese: “馬六甲市”
  • Chinese: “马六甲市”
  • Chinese: “麻六甲市”
  • Croatian: “Malakka”
  • Croatian: “Melaka”
  • Czech: “Malakka”
  • Danish: “Malacca”
  • Dutch: “Malakka-Stad”
  • Dutch: “Malakka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه ملقا”
  • Esperanto: “Malako”
  • Estonian: “Malacca”
  • Estonian: “Malakka”
  • Estonian: “Melaka”
  • Finnish: “Malacca”
  • Finnish: “Malakka”
  • French: “Bandar Melaka”
  • French: “Malacca-Ville”
  • French: “Malacca”
  • French: “Malaka”
  • French: “Melaka”
  • Galician: “Malaca”
  • Georgian: “მალაკა”
  • German: “Malacca”
  • German: “Malakka-Stadt”
  • German: “Malakka”
  • German: “Melaka”
  • German: “Melakka”
  • Greek: “Πόλη της Μαλάκκας”
  • Gujarati: “મલાકા શહેર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mâ-liuk-kap Sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Malacca Sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “מאלאקה”
  • Hebrew: “מלאקה”
  • Hindi: “बंदर मेलाका”
  • Hindi: “मलैका”
  • Hungarian: “Melaka”
  • Ido: “Malaka”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Malaka”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Melaka”
  • Indonesian: “Melaka”
  • Italian: “Malacca”
  • Japanese: “マラッカ”
  • Japanese: “ムラカ”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Bandaraya Melaka”
  • Kannada: “ಮಲಾಕ ನಗರ”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಲಕ್ಕ”
  • Kirghiz: “Малакка”
  • Komering: “Kota Malaka”
  • Korean: “말라카”
  • Korean: “믈라카”
  • Korean: “믈레카”
  • Latin: “Malacca”
  • Latvian: “Melaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Malaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Melaka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Malakka”
  • Macedonian: “Малака”
  • Maithili: “मलाका सिटी”
  • Malay: “Bandar Melaka”
  • Malay: “Bandar Raya Melaka”
  • Malay: “Bandaraya Melaka”
  • Malay: “Melaka”
  • Malayalam: “മലാക്കാ സിറ്റി”
  • Maltese: “Malacca”
  • Marathi: “मलक्का शहर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Melaka Chhī”
  • Nepali: “मलाका शहर”
  • Nepali: “मलाका सहर”
  • Nepali: “मलाका सिटी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Malacca”
  • Northern Frisian: “Malakka”
  • Northern Frisian: “Melaka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malakka”
  • Norwegian: “Malakka”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Malaca”
  • Ossetian: “Малаккæ (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Малаккæ”
  • Persian: “ملاکا”
  • Polish: “Malakka-Miasto”
  • Polish: “Malakka”
  • Polish: “Melaka”
  • Portuguese: “Malaca”
  • Portuguese: “Malacca-Cidade”
  • Portuguese: “Malacca”
  • Romanian: “Malacca, Malaysia”
  • Romanian: “Malacca”
  • Russian: “Малакка”
  • Scots: “Malacca Ceety”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Malakka”
  • Silesian: “Malakka”
  • Sinhala: “මලක්කා”
  • Slovak: “Melaka”
  • Slovenian: “Malaka”
  • Slovenian: “Melaka”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Melaka”
  • Spanish: “Malaca”
  • Swedish: “Bandar Melaka”
  • Swedish: “Malacca Town”
  • Swedish: “Malacca”
  • Swedish: “Malacka”
  • Swedish: “Melacca Town”
  • Swedish: “Melaka”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Malacca”
  • Tajik: “Малакка”
  • Tamil: “மலாக்கா மாநகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Малакка шәһәре”
  • Telugu: “మలాక్కా నగరం”
  • Thai: “มะละกา”
  • Thai: “เมอลากา”
  • Turkish: “Malakka”
  • Ukrainian: “Малакка”
  • Urdu: “ملاکا شہر”
  • Vietnamese: “Malacca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bandar Melaka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Malacca Town”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Malacca”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Melaka”
  • Western Panjabi: “ملاکا شہر”
  • Wu Chinese: “马六甲市”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬六甲市”

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