Indonesia
Sulawesi
SE Sulawesi

Buton

Buton is an in located off the southeast peninsula of . It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of ; it is the 129th largest island in the world and Indonesia's 19th largest in area.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Boetoeng Eiland”, “Boeton”, “Booton”, “Buton Island”, and “Pulau Buton”

Buton

Latitude
-4.7451° or 4° 44′ 42″ south
Longitude
122.9348° or 122° 56′ 5″ east
Population
500,000
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
6Q747W3M+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 931540130
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1647496
Wiki­data ID
Q1018014
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Satellite Map

Discover Buton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Buton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوتون”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة بوتون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Buton”
  • Belarusian: “Бутон”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Бутон”
  • Bulgarian: “Бутунг”
  • Catalan: “Buton”
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Buton”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla Buton”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla nin Buton”
  • Chinese: “布敦岛”
  • Chinese: “布顿岛”
  • Chinese: “武敦島”
  • Chuvash: “Бутон”
  • Dutch: “Boetoeng Eiland”
  • Dutch: “Boeton”
  • Dutch: “Buton”
  • Dutch: “Butung”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوتون”
  • Esperanto: “Buton”
  • Finnish: “Buton”
  • French: “Buton”
  • Galician: “Buton”
  • Georgian: “ბუტუნგი”
  • German: “Buton”
  • German: “Butung”
  • Greek: “Μπούτον”
  • Hebrew: “בוטון”
  • Iloko: “Buton”
  • Indonesian: “Buton”
  • Indonesian: “Poelau Boetoeng”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau buton”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Buton”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Butung”
  • Italian: “Buton”
  • Japanese: “ブトゥン島”
  • Japanese: “ブトン島”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Buton”
  • Korean: “부톤섬”
  • Latvian: “Butona”
  • Lithuanian: “Butonas”
  • Malay: “Buton”
  • Malay: “Pulau Buton”
  • Malayalam: “ബുതൊന്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buton”
  • Polish: “Buton”
  • Portuguese: “Buton”
  • Portuguese: “Butung”
  • Russian: “Бутон”
  • Russian: “Бутунг”
  • Spanish: “Buton”
  • Swahili: “Buton”
  • Swedish: “Buton”
  • Swedish: “Pulau Buton”
  • Tamil: “புத்தோன் தீவு”
  • Ukrainian: “Бутон”
  • Vietnamese: “Buton”
  • Western Mari: “Бутон ошмаоты”
  • “Boetoeng”
  • “Boeton”
  • “Buton”
  • “Butung”
  • “Pulau Buton”

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