Atauro

Atauro, also known as Kambing Island, is an and municipality of . Atauro is a small oceanic island situated north of , on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the islands of and .
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  • Type: Locality with 9,270 residents
  • Description: Island and municipality in East Timor
  • Also known as: Atauro Island”, “Atauro Municipality”, “Mau Mata”, “Mau Meta”, and “Mau Metan

Atauro

Latitude
-8.26667° or 8° 16′ south
Longitude
125.60139° or 125° 36′ 5″ east
Population
9,270
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
IATA airport code
AUT
United Nations Location Code
TL AUT
Open location code
6Q37PJM2+8H
Geo­Names ID
1635814
Wiki­data ID
Q753794
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Atauro” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Atauro adası
  • Bulgarian: Атауро
  • Catalan: Atauro
  • Catalan: Illa d’Atauro
  • Cebuano: Pulau Atauro
  • Central Bikol: Isla nin Atauro
  • Chinese: Atauro Hêng-chèng Tan-ūi
  • Chinese: 阿陶羅島
  • Czech: Atauro
  • Dutch: Atauro
  • Estonian: Ata’uro
  • Estonian: Atauro
  • Finnish: Atauro
  • French: Atauro
  • French: Ataúro
  • Galician: Ataúro
  • German: Atauro
  • German: Ataúro
  • German: Pulau Kambing
  • Hebrew: אטאורו
  • Indonesian: Atauro
  • Indonesian: Distrik Atauro
  • Indonesian: Pulau atauro
  • Indonesian: Pulau Atauro
  • Italian: Atauro
  • Japanese: アタウロ島
  • Korean: 아타우루섬
  • Lithuanian: Atauro sala
  • Min Nan Chinese: Atauro Hêng-chèng Tan-ūi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Atauro
  • Norwegian: Atauro
  • Polish: Atauro
  • Portuguese: Atauro
  • Portuguese: Ataúro
  • Portuguese: Ilha Ataúro
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Ataúro
  • Portuguese: Município de Ataúro
  • Russian: Атауро (остров)
  • Russian: Атауро
  • Russian: Атауру
  • Sindhi: اتائرو ٻيٽ
  • Slovak: Atauro
  • Spanish: Atauro
  • Swedish: Atauro
  • Swedish: Atauru
  • Swedish: Pulau Kambing
  • Tagalog: Pulo ng Atauro
  • Tetum: Atauru
  • Tetum: Ataúru
  • Turkish: Atauro adası
  • Turkish: Atauro Adası
  • Ukrainian: Атауро
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Atauro

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