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 Asturian to Zulu—“Nkhotakota” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Nkhotakota”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “نکھوٹاکوٹا”
  • Zulu: “Nkhotakota”

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