Kota or KOTA may refer to:

People and languages

Kōta (given name) Kōta, Kota, Kouta or Kohta (written: , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese b ...

, a masculine Japanese given name * Kota Brahmin, a sub-caste of Brahmins in Karnataka *

Kota people (India) Kotas, also Kothar or Kov by self-designation, are an ethnic group who are indigenous to the Nilgiris mountain range in Tamil Nadu, India. They are one of the many tribal people indigenous to the region. (Others are the Todas, Irulas and Kur ...

, a tribe in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, South India **

Kota language (India) Kota is a language of the Dravidian language family with about 9000 native speakers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu state, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest c ...

, a Dravidian language spoken in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu *

Kota people (Gabon) The Bakota (or Kota) are a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of Gabon and Congo. The language they speak is called iKota, but is sometimes referred to as Bakota, ikuta, Kota, and among the Fang, they are known as Mekora. The la ...

(Bakota) whose members live primarily in the northeastern region of Gabon in Central Africa **

Kota language (Gabon) Kota, or ''iKota'', is an Bantu language spoken by the Bakota people. It is spoken in northeastern Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo Province and in some areas of Republic of Congo. According to ''Ethnologue ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (st ...

, a Bantu language of the Bakota people of Gabon * Kota language (Central African Republic) (Ngando), a Bantu language of the Central African Republic * Kota Vamsa, 12th century dynasty of Amaravathi, India

Media

* KOTA (AM), a radio station (1380 AM) licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota, United States *

KOTA-TV KOTA-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MeTV affiliate KHME (channel 23) and low-power Fox affiliate KEVN-LD (channel 7). The stati ...

, a television station (channel 7, virtual 3) licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota *

KHME KHME (channel 23) is a television station in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with the classic television network MeTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside ABC affiliate KOTA-TV (channel 3) and low-power Fox affiliat ...

, a television station (channel 2, virtual 23) licensed to serve Rapid City, South Dakota, which held the call sign KOTA-TV until 2016

Places

Brunei

Kota Batu, Brunei-Muara Mukim Kota Batu is a mukim in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 12,935 in 2016. The mukim is home to some of the country's museums and historical sites, in particular in Kota Batu. Geography The mukim is located on the sout ...

, a sub-district of Brunei-Muara District

India

* Kota, Nellore district, mandal headquarters in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh * Kota mandal, Andhra Pradesh, mandal in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh *

Kota, Bilaspur Kota is a town and a ''nagar panchayat'' in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Geography Kota is located at . It has an average elevation of 330 metres (1082 feet). Demographics India census A census is the p ...

, a city in Chhattisgarh *

Kota, Karnataka Kote or Kota is a town on NH 66 in Brahmavar taluk. On the way from Brahmavar to Kundapura Kundapur, also called Kundapura, is a coastal town situated in the Udupi district of the state of Karnataka, India. This town was known as Coondapoo ...

, an area in Karnataka state *

Kota, Rajasthan Kota (), previously known as ''Kotah'', is a city located in the southeast of northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located about south of the state capital, Jaipur, situated on the banks of Chambal River. With a population of over 1.2 ...

, a city in Rajasthan state *

Kota district Kota District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Kota is the administrative headquarters of the district. During the period around 12th century AD, Rao Deva, a Hada Chieftain conquered the territory and foun ...

, a district of Rajasthan state * Kota (Lok Sabha constituency), a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Rajasthan * Kota, Uttar Pradesh, a town in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh

Indonesia

Administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

usually translated as "city", above district (''kecamatan''), below province, equivalent to regency (''kabupaten'') *

Kota Tua Jakarta Kota Tua Jakarta ( Indonesian for "Jakarta Old Town"), officially known as Kota Tua, is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as (Dutch for "Old Batavia"), ("Lower City", contrasting it wi ...

, an old area in Jakarta *

Kotagede Kotagede (Javanese: ꦏꦸꦛꦒꦼꦝꦺ ''Kuthagedhé'') is a city district (''kemantren'') and a historic neighborhood in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Kotagede contains the remains of the first capital of Mataram Sultana ...

, a district in Yogyakarta

Japan

Kōta, Aichi is a town located in Nukata District, Aichi Prefecture, in the Tōkai region of Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 42,200 in 16,198 households, and a population density of 744 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Par ...

, a town in Aichi Prefecture

Malaysia

Kota, Negeri Sembilan Kota is a small town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two reg ...

, a small town in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan *

Kota Bharu Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia and lies near the mouth of the Kelantan River. The ...

, the capital of Kelantal *

Kota Kinabalu , image_skyline = , image_caption = From top, left to right, bottom:Kota Kinabalu skyline, Wawasan intersection, Tun Mustapha Tower, Kota Kinabalu Coastal Highway, the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque, the Wism ...

, the capital of Sabah

Nepal

Kota, Tanahun Kota is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. W ...

Kot, Bhojpur Kot is a village development committee in Bhojpur District in the Kosi Zone of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Work ...

South China Sea

Kota Island Loaita Island also known as Kota Island ( fil, Pulo ng Kota; Mandarin , and vi, Đảo Loại Ta), with an area of -- is the tenth largest of the naturally-occurring Spratly Islands, and the fifth largest of the Philippine-occupied islands. I ...

Other uses

Kota the Friend Avery Marcel Joshua Jones (born October 16, 1992), known by his stage name Kota The Friend, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He got his stage name from the Disney movie ''Bro ...

, a Brooklyn-based independent

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

* Association of Timorese Heroes, (''Klibur Oan Timor Asu’wain'', KOTA) a conservative political party in East Timor *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has ...

(born 1947), Tollywood actor *

Kota Junction railway station Kota Junction railway station is major railway junction on the West Central Railway zone, West Central railway network of India which serves Kota, Rajasthan, Kota in Rajasthan. It is the headquarters of Kota railway division of West Central Rail ...

, Kota, Rajasthan * Kota the triceratops, an animatronic toy *Kota, or goahti, a native Saami (Lapp) tent, similar to a tipi * Kota Vamsa, the medieval dynasty which ruled in parts of the modern day Indian state of Andhra Pradesh *

Bunny chow Bunny chow, often referred to simply as a bunny, is an Indian South African fast food dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with curry and a serving of salad on the side. It originated among Indian South Africans of ...

or kota, a South African fast food dish *

Spatlo Spatlo (also spelled sphatlo, and sphatlho) is a South African street food popular in all provinces of South Africa, especially Gauteng. Also known as ''kota''. It is made from a hollowed out quarter loaf of bread and filled with a variety ...

or kota, a South African sandwich