Sorowako

Sorowako, also spelled Soroako, is a small mining town in the north-east of province, in the centre of island in . It is the location of the Sorowako Mine, which is the largest open-pit mine in Indonesia, owned by PT Vale Indonesia, a subsidiary of the based mining company Vale Inco.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Saroako” and “Soorako”

Sorowako

Latitude
-2.52226° or 2° 31′ 20″ south
Longitude
121.35965° or 121° 21′ 35″ east
Elevation
398 metres (1,306 feet)
IATA airport code
SQR
United Nations Location Code
ID SQR
Open location code
6Q93F9H5+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10145651488
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
1628586
Wiki­data ID
Q3491246
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Spanish—“Sorowako” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Sorowako”
  • Banjar: “Sorowako”
  • Buginese: “Sorowako”
  • Chinese: “索罗阿科”
  • Dutch: “Soroako”
  • French: “Soroako”
  • German: “Sorowako”
  • Gorontalo: “Sorowako”
  • Indonesian: “Desa Sorowako”
  • Indonesian: “Soroako, Nuha, Luwu Timur”
  • Indonesian: “Soroako”
  • Indonesian: “Sorowako, Nuha, Luwu Timur”
  • Indonesian: “Sorowako”
  • Japanese: “ソロアコ”
  • Malay: “Soroako”
  • Malay: “Sorowako, Nuha, Luwu Timur”
  • Malay: “Sorowako”
  • Minangkabau: “Sorowako”
  • Portuguese: “Sorowako”
  • Spanish: “Sorowako”
  • “Soroako”
  • “Sorowako”

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