Tangkak
Tangkak is a town and the capital of Tangkak District in Johor, Malaysia. The town is nicknamed "Fabric Town" or "Syurga Kain" in honour of its many textile shops.
Photo: Adiput, Public domain.- Type: Town with 52,000 residents
- Description: town and district capital of Johor
- Also known as: “Bandar Tangkak” and “Tangkah”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tangkak Jamek Mosque and Tangkak Beef Noodles (Restoran Kuang Fei).
Tangkak Beef Noodles (Restoran Kuang Fei)
Restaurant
Tangkak
- Categories: administrative territorial entity and locality
- Location: Ledang, Johor, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
2.267° or 2° 16′ 1″ north
Longitude
102.54° or 102° 32′ 24″ east
Population
52,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
UN/LOCODE
MY TKK
Open location code
6PJ47G8Q+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Tangkak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تانقكاك”
- Asturian: “Tangkak”
- Bulgarian: “Тангкак”
- Cebuano: “Tangkak”
- Chinese: “东甲”
- Chinese: “東甲”
- Dutch: “Tangkak”
- German: “Tangkak”
- Indonesian: “Tangkak”
- Italian: “Tangkak”
- Korean: “탕칵”
- Malay: “Tangkak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tangkak”
- Norwegian: “Tangkak”
- Persian: “تانگکاک”
- Polish: “Tangkak”
- Spanish: “Tangkak”
- Tamil: “தங்காக்”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Taman Tangkak and Kampung Baru Tangkak.
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