Tuangku
Tuangku is the main and largest island in the Banyak Islands group in Indonesia. The largest town on the island is Haloban. As a consequence of the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake, the island dropped rendering the coastal residences useless and damaging the port.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
- Description: island in Aceh Singkil Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia
- Also known as“Groot Banjak”“Pulau Tuangk”“Pulau Tuangku”“Toeangkoe Island”“Tuangk”“Tuangk Island”“Tuangku Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Banyak Islands.
Banyak Islands
The Banyak Islands are a group of tiny islands off the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haloban.
Haloban
Village
Haloban is the largest village on the island of Tuangku in the Banyak Islands, off Sumatra. Haloban is situated 8 km northwest of Tuangku.
Tuangku
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
2.16667° or 2° 10′ north
Longitude
97.26667° or 97° 16′ east
Open location code
6MJV5788+MM
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Swedish—“Tuangku” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo Tuangku”
- Arabic: “توانغكو”
- Arabic: “توانكو”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Tuangku”
- Cebuano: “Tuangku”
- Chinese: “團庫島”
- Dutch: “Groot Banjak”
- Dutch: “Tuangku”
- Indonesian: “Poelau Toengko”
- Indonesian: “Poelo Toeangkoe”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Tuangku”
- Indonesian: “Tuangku”
- Javanese: “Pulo Tuangku”
- Malay: “Pulau Tuangku”
- Malayalam: “ക്൩൯൫൭൮൦൭”
- Malayalam: “തുഅന്ഗ്കു”
- Malayalam: “പുലാഉ തുഅന്ഗ്ക്”
- Swedish: “Pulau Tuangku”
- Swedish: “Tuangku”
- “Toeangkoe”
- “Toengko”
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