Nkhotakota

Nkhotakota is a town in with a population of just over 20,000, on the shore of Lake Malawi. The town itself is quite basic, with a few basic hotels that cater predominantly to the domestic market.
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Nkhotakota

Latitude
-12.927° or 12° 55′ 37″ south
Longitude
34.2967° or 34° 17′ 48″ east
Population
32,000
Elevation
497 metres (1,631 feet)
Open location code
5GVP37FW+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261051594
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
924705
Wiki­data ID
Q1022510
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zulu—“Nkhotakota” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Kota Kota
  • Catalan: Nkhotakota
  • Cebuano: Nkhotakota
  • Chinese: 恩科塔科塔
  • Danish: Nkhotakota
  • Dutch: Nkhotakota
  • Finnish: Nkhotakota
  • French: Nkhotakota
  • German: Nkhotakota
  • Icelandic: Kota Kota
  • Icelandic: Nkhotakota
  • Irish: Nkhotakota
  • Italian: Nkhotakota
  • Japanese: コタコタ
  • Japanese: ンコタコタ
  • Korean: 은코타코타
  • Lithuanian: Nkhotakota
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nkhotakota
  • Nyanja: Nkhota-kota
  • Nyanja: Nkhotakota
  • Persian: نخوتاکوتا
  • Polish: Nkhotakota
  • Romanian: Nkhotakota
  • Russian: Нкота-Кота
  • Russian: Нхотакота
  • South Azerbaijani: نخوتاکوتا
  • Swahili: Nkhotakota
  • Swedish: Nkhotakota
  • Tumbuka: Nkhotakota
  • Turkish: Nkhotakota, Malavi
  • Turkish: Nkhotakota
  • Ukrainian: Нхотакота
  • Zulu: Nkhotakota

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