Takengon
Takengon is a town in Aceh, Indonesia. The town serves as the capital of the Central Aceh regency in the middle of the highlands.
- Type: Town
- Description: capital of Central Aceh Regency, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Takengeun”, “Takingeun”, and “Takingon”
Takengon
- Categories: capital of regency, kecamatan, and locality
- Location: Central Aceh Regency, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.623° or 4° 37′ 23″ north
Longitude
96.8489° or 96° 50′ 56″ east
Elevation
1,256 metres (4,121 feet)
IATA airport code
TXE
United Nations Location Code
ID TKN
Open location code
6MPRJRFX+6G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Urdu—“Takengon” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Takèngon”
- Arabic: “تاكنغون”
- Arabic: “تاكنقون”
- Asturian: “Takengon”
- Bengali: “টাকেঙ্গন”
- Bengali: “টেকনগন”
- Chinese: “塔肯干鎮”
- Chinese: “打京岸”
- Chinese: “竹貢”
- Dutch: “Takengon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاكنجون”
- Indonesian: “Kecamatan Kota Takengon”
- Indonesian: “Takengon”
- Japanese: “タケンゴン”
- Javanese: “Kutha Takengon”
- Javanese: “Takengon”
- Lithuanian: “Takengonas”
- Russian: “Такенгон”
- Ukrainian: “Такенгон”
- Urdu: “تاکینگون”
- “Kota Takengon”
- “Takengon”
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