Nkhata Bay

Nkhata Bay is a small, bustling fishing village of about 15,000 inhabitants, located about 50 kilometers from . Straddling the steep, verdant mountains of 's rift valley, Nkhata Bay overlooks the lake like a lord overlooks his manor.
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  • Type: Town with 14,300 residents
  • Description: city in Malawi
  • Also known as: “Nkata” and “Nkata Bay”

Nkhata Bay

Latitude
-11.607° or 11° 36′ 25″ south
Longitude
34.2984° or 34° 17′ 54″ east
Population
14,300
Elevation
547 metres (1,795 feet)
Open location code
5GWP97VX+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312956900
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
924732
Wiki­data ID
Q1370650
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Nkhata Bay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Arabic: “خليج نخاتا”
  • Asturian: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Chinese: “恩卡塔贝”
  • Danish: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Dutch: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خليج نخاتا”
  • French: “Nkhata Bay”
  • German: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ נקטה”
  • Italian: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Japanese: “カタベイ”
  • Lithuanian: “Nkhata Bėjus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Nyanja: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Persian: “نکهاتا بای”
  • Polish: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Romanian: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Russian: “Нката-Бей”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نکهاتا بای”
  • Swahili: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Swedish: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Turkish: “Nkhata Bay, Malavi”
  • Turkish: “Nkhata Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Нхата-Бей”
  • Zulu: “Nkhata Bay”

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