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Johor
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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.
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  • Type: Town with 52,000 residents
  • Description: town and district capital of Johor
  • Also known as: “Tangkah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tangkak Jamek Mosque and Tangkak Beef Noodles (Restoran Kuang Fei).

Mosque
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Restaurant
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a restaurant.

Hostel
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hostel.

Tangkak

Latitude
2.267° or 2° 16′ 1″ north
Longitude
102.54° or 102° 32′ 24″ east
Population
52,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MY TKK
Open location code
6PJ47G8Q+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 185724887
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1732857
Wiki­data ID
Q1187522
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Satellite Map

Discover Tangkak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Bandar Tangkak”
  • Malay: “Tangkak”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tangkak”
  • Norwegian: “Tangkak”
  • Persian: “تانگکاک”
  • Polish: “Tangkak”
  • Spanish: “Tangkak”
  • Tamil: “தங்காக்”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tangkak”. Photo: Adiput, Public domain.