Nkhotakota
Sign in to saveNkhotakota (N-kho-tah-kho-tuh) (formerly Kota Kota) (name derived from the Chichewa for "Corner Corner") is a town and one of the districts in the Central Region of Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi (formerly Lake Nyasa) and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. As of 2018, Nkhotakota had a population estimated at 28,350. The district had a population of 301,000.
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Place details
- Locality
- Nkhotakota
- Region
- Nkhotakota
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 31,974
- Timezone
- Africa/Blantyre
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Nkhotakota
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nkhotakota, Malawi1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Traditional mud and thatch houses on the beach of Lake Malawi in Nkhotakota
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Malawi
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Malawi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nkhotakota District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 28,350
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Languages
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Chichewa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Malawi
- Located in
- Nkhotakota District
- Elevation
- 1548
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Nkhotakota District
- Image
- Nkhotakota, Malawi1.jpg
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- Nkhotakota
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
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- Climate
- Demographics
- Population development
- Languages
- Facilities
- Medical
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- Transport
- Notable people
- References
Nkhotakota (N-kho-tah-kho-tuh) (formerly Kota Kota) (name derived from the Chichewa for "Corner Corner") is a town and one of the districts in the Central Region of Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi (formerly Lake Nyasa) and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. As of 2018, Nkhotakota had a population estimated at 28,350. The district had a population of 301,000.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nkhotakota” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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