Vilanculos

Vilanculos is the Mozambican capital of water sports. It's a popular beach resort area with accommodation from economy to 5-star barefoot luxury. The gateway to the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique's only underwater national park.
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  • Town with 43,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code VNX
  • Description: place in Inhambane Province, Mozambique
  • Also known as
    “Vilankulo”
    “Villancuios”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vilankulo Airport.
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Vilanculos

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Latitude
-21.9978° or 21° 59′ 52″ south
Longitude
35.3169° or 35° 19′ 1″ east
UN/LOCODE
MZ VNX
Open location code
5GCQ2828+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 899421044
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1024683
Wiki­data ID
Q2006546

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Vilanculos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vilanculos”
  • Afrikaans: “Vilankulo”
  • Asturian: “Vilankulo”
  • Bengali: “ভিলানকুলোস”
  • Catalan: “Vilankulo”
  • Chinese: “維蘭庫洛”
  • Chinese: “维兰库洛”
  • Dutch: “Vilankulo”
  • Finnish: “Vilankulo”
  • French: “Vilankulo”
  • Gagauz: “Vilankulo”
  • Georgian: “ვილანკულუში”
  • German: “Vilanculos”
  • German: “Vilankulo”
  • Greek: “Βιλανκούλο”
  • Greek: “Βιλανκούλος”
  • Hebrew: “וילנקולו”
  • Indonesian: “Vilanculos”
  • Italian: “Vilankulo”
  • Japanese: “ヴィランクーロ”
  • Japanese: “ビランクーロ”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilankulas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilanculos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilankulo”
  • Norwegian: “Vilankulo”
  • Persian: “ویلانکولو، موزامبیک”
  • Persian: “ویلانکولو”
  • Polish: “Vilankulo”
  • Portuguese: “Vilanculos”
  • Portuguese: “Vilankulo”
  • Romanian: “Vilankulo”
  • Russian: “Виланкуло”
  • Russian: “Виланкулуш”
  • Swahili: “Vilanculo”
  • Vietnamese: “Vilanculos”
  • Zulu: “Vilankulo”

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