Malacca
Malacca City, is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca. As of 2010 it has a population of 503,885. It is the oldest Malaysian city on the Straits of Malacca, having become a successful entrepôt in the era of the Malacca Sultanate.
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Adiput, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
A Famosa Fortress
Castle
The Fortress of Malacca was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, in 1512. Photo: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stadthuys
Museum
The Stadthuys is a historical structure situated in the heart of Malacca City, the administrative capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia in a place known as the Red Square. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 1.0.
St. Paul Church
Ruins
Saint Paul's Church is a historic church building in Malacca City, Malaysia that was originally built in 1521, making it the oldest church building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Photo: Rudolph.A.furtado, Public domain.
Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum
Museum
The Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum is a museum located in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. Photo: Adiput, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Portuguese Settlement
Neighborhood
The Portuguese Settlement is an area of Ujong Pasir in, Malacca, Malaysia, which serves as a home for the Kristang people.
Malacca
- Type: City
- Description: state capital of Malacca, Malaysia
- Categories: administrative territorial entity and city of Malaysia
- Location: Malacca, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Latitude 2.1943° or 2° 11' 39.4" north | Longitude 102.2487° or 102° 14' 55.2" east |
Population 485,000 | IATA airport code MKZ |
United Nations Location Codes MY MEA and MY MKZ | Elevation 6 metres (20 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 321322622 | GeoNames ID 1734759 |
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Banda Melaka
- Arabic: Malacca
- Arabic: مدينة ملقا
- Armenian: Մալակկա
- Banjar: Kota Malaka
- 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
- Croatian: Malakka
- Croatian: Melaka
- Czech: Malakka
- Danish: Malacca
- Dutch: Malakka-Stad
- Dutch: Malakka
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينه ملقا
- English: Malacca City
- English: Melaka City
- Esperanto: Malako
- Estonian: Malacca
- Estonian: Malakka
- Estonian: Melaka
- Finnish: Malacca
- Finnish: Malakka
- French: Bandar Melaka
- French: Malacca
- French: Malacca-Ville
- French: Malaka
- French: Melaka
- Galician: Malaca
- Georgian: მალაკა
- German: Malacca
- German: Malakka
- German: Malakka-Stadt
- German: Melaka
- German: Melakka
- Greek: Μαλάκα Σίτι
- Gujarati: મલાકા શહેર
- Hakka Chinese: Malacca Sṳ
- Hausa: Malacca Sṳ
- Hebrew: מאלאקה
- Hebrew: מלאקה
- Hindi: मलैका
- Hungarian: Melaka
- Indonesian: Kota Malaka
- Indonesian: Kota Melaka
- Indonesian: Melaka
- Italian: Malacca
- Japanese: マラッカ
- Japanese: ムラカ
- Japanese: 満剌加
- Kannada: ಮಲಾಕ ನಗರ
- Kannada: ಮೆಲಕ್ಕ
- Kirghiz: Малакка
- 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: Bandaraya Melaka
- Malay: Melaka
- Malayalam: മലാക്കാ സിറ്റി
- Marathi: मलक्का शहर
- Min Nan Chinese: Melaka Chhī
- Nepali: मलाका शहर
- Nepali: मलाका सहर
- Nepali: मलाका सिटी
- Norwegian: Malakka
- Norwegian Bokmål: Malakka
- Occitan (post 1500): Malaca
- Persian: ملاکا
- Polish: Malakka-Miasto
- Polish: Malakka
- Polish: Melaka
- Portuguese: Malaca
- Portuguese: Malacca
- Portuguese: Malacca-Cidade
- Romanian: Malacca, Malaezia
- Romanian: Malacca
- Russian: Малакка-Город
- Russian: Малакка
- Scots: Malacca Ceety
- Serbo-Croatian: Malakka
- Silesian: Malakka
- Sinhala: මලක්කා
- Slovak: Melaka
- Spanish: Ciudad de Melaka
- Spanish: Malaca
- Swedish: Bandar Melaka
- Swedish: Malacca
- Swedish: Malacca Town
- Swedish: Malacka
- Swedish: Melacca Town
- Swedish: Melaka
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Malacca
- Tajik: Малакка
- Tamil: மலாக்கா மாநகரம்
- Telugu: మలాక్కా నగరం
- Thai: มะละกา
- Turkish: Malakka
- Ukrainian: Малакка-Місто
- Ukrainian: Малакка
- Urdu: ملاکا شہر
- Vietnamese: Malacca
- Waray (Philippines): Bandar Melaka
- Waray (Philippines): Malacca
- Waray (Philippines): Malacca Town
- Welsh: Dinas Melaka
- Western Panjabi: ملاکا شہر
- Wu Chinese: 马六甲市
- Yue Chinese: 馬六甲市
- Bandar raya Melaka
- बंदर मेलाका
- 马六甲
Other Places Named Malacca
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- St. Pauls' Church LighthouseBuilding
- Makam Hang JebatShrine
- Muzium BudayaMuseum
- Memorial KemerdekaanShrine
- Bukit ChinaHill
- Bukit TempurongHill
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