Sorowako
Sorowako, also spelled Soroako, is a small mining town in the north-east of South Sulawesi province, in the centre of Sulawesi island in Indonesia. 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 Canadian based mining company Vale Inco.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of 398 metres (1,306 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code SQR
- Description: village in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Also known as“Saroako”“Soorako”
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Latitude
-2.52226° or 2° 31′ 20″ south
Longitude
121.35965° or 121° 21′ 35″ east
UN/LOCODE
ID SQR
Open location code
6Q93F9H5+3V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Urdu—“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”
- Urdu: “سوروواکو”
- “Soroaku”
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