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Malacca, officially the Historic State of Malacca, is a state in located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the .
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City is a city and the capital of the state of , . 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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is a town and district seat of in the state of Malacca. It is governed by Municipal Council, which was formerly known as District Council from 1 July 1978 until 1 May 2003.

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is a town in Malacca state, . It is the administrative centre of the state and houses the governor's office and state council buildings.

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is a town and the seat of , Malacca, . It is governed by Municipal Council, which was formerly known as District Council from 1 July 1978 until 1 January 2007 and the Rural District Council from 23 August 1957 until 1 July 1978.

Malacca

Latitude of center
2.3294° or 2° 19′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
102.2881° or 102° 17′ 17″ east
Population
873,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Abbreviation
“MLK”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4165154141
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1733035
Wiki­data ID
Q185221
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Malacca” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Melaka”
  • Achinese: “Meulaka”
  • Afrikaans: “Malakka”
  • Arabic: “ملقا”
  • Armenian: “Մալակկա (նահանգ)”
  • Armenian: “Մալակկա”
  • Asturian: “Malaca”
  • Azerbaijani: “Malacca”
  • Azerbaijani: “Malakka”
  • Banjar: “Malaka, Malaysia”
  • Banjar: “Malaka”
  • Bashkir: “Малакка”
  • Basque: “Malaka”
  • Bengali: “মালাক্কা”
  • Betawi: “Melaka”
  • Breton: “Malaka”
  • Bulgarian: “Малака”
  • Bulgarian: “Мелака”
  • Catalan: “Malaca”
  • Catalan: “Malacca”
  • Cebuano: “Melaka”
  • Chinese: “Má-la̍k-kah”
  • Chinese: “满剌加”
  • Chinese: “满拉加”
  • Chinese: “滿剌加”
  • Chinese: “磨六甲”
  • Chinese: “馬六甲”
  • Chinese: “馬六甲州”
  • Chinese: “马六甲”
  • Chinese: “马六甲州”
  • Chinese: “麻六甲”
  • Czech: “Malakka”
  • Danish: “Melaka”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Malakka”
  • Dutch: “Malaka”
  • Dutch: “Malakka”
  • Esperanto: “Malako”
  • Estonian: “Melaka osariik”
  • Finnish: “Malakka”
  • Finnish: “Melaka”
  • French: “Malacca”
  • French: “Melaka”
  • Galician: “Malaca”
  • Georgian: “მალაკა (შტატი)”
  • Georgian: “მალაკა”
  • German: “Malakka”
  • German: “MY-04”
  • Greek: “Μαλάκα”
  • Greek: “Μαλάκκα”
  • Gujarati: “મલાકા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mâ-liuk-kap Chû”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Melaka”
  • Hebrew: “מלאקה”
  • Hindi: “मेलाका”
  • Hungarian: “Melaka”
  • Iban: “Melaka”
  • Indonesian: “Malaka”
  • Indonesian: “Melaka”
  • Inupiaq: “Malacca”
  • Inupiaq: “Melaka”
  • Italian: “Malacca”
  • Japanese: “マラッカ州”
  • Japanese: “ムラカ州”
  • Javanese: “Melaka”
  • Kannada: “ಮಲಕ್ಕಾ”
  • Kirghiz: “Малакка (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Малакка”
  • Komering: “Malaka”
  • Korean: “말라카 주”
  • Korean: “멜라카 주”
  • Korean: “믈라카 주”
  • Korean: “믈라카주”
  • Latvian: “Malaka”
  • Latvian: “Melaka”
  • Literary Chinese: “滿剌加”
  • Lithuanian: “Malaka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Malakka”
  • Macedonian: “Малака”
  • Malagasy: “Malacca”
  • Malagasy: “Malakka”
  • Malay: “Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah”
  • Malay: “Melaka”
  • Malay: “Negeri Melaka”
  • Malay: “ملاک”
  • Malayalam: “മലാക്കാ”
  • Maltese: “Melaka”
  • Marathi: “मलाक्का”
  • Mazanderani: “مالاکا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Mā-lăk-gă”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Melaka”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ma Lak Kah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Má-la̍k-kah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Malacca”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Malaka”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Melaka”
  • Northern Frisian: “Melaka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malacca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malakka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melaka”
  • Norwegian: “Malakka”
  • Persian: “ایالت ملاکا”
  • Piemontese: “Malaca”
  • Polish: “Malakka”
  • Portuguese: “Malaca”
  • Portuguese: “Málaca”
  • Portuguese: “Malacca”
  • Quechua: “Melaka suyu”
  • Romanian: “Malacca”
  • Russian: “Малакка штат”
  • Russian: “Малакка”
  • Scots: “Malacca”
  • Serbian: “Малака (држава)”
  • Serbian: “Малака”
  • Sinhala: “මලක්කා”
  • Slovenian: “Malacca”
  • Slovenian: “Melaka”
  • Slovenian: “MY-04”
  • Spanish: “Malaca”
  • Spanish: “Melaka”
  • Swedish: “Malacca”
  • Swedish: “Malacka”
  • Swedish: “Melakka”
  • Tamil: “மலாக்கா வரலாறு”
  • Tamil: “மலாக்கா”
  • Tatar: “Малакка штаты”
  • Telugu: “మలాకా”
  • Thai: “มะละกา”
  • Thai: “รัฐมะละกา”
  • Turkish: “Malacca”
  • Turkish: “Malakka”
  • Turkish: “Melaka”
  • Ukrainian: “Губернаторство Малакка”
  • Ukrainian: “Малакка”
  • Urdu: “ملاکا”
  • Vietnamese: “Malacca”
  • Vietnamese: “Melaka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Malaca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Malacca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Melaka”
  • Welsh: “Melaka”
  • Western Panjabi: “ملاکا”
  • Wu Chinese: “马六甲”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬六甲州”

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