Palawan

Palawan is the largest island of the province of in the and fifth-largest by area and tenth-most populous island of the country, with a total population of 1,023,849 as of 2024 census.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Philippines
  • Also known as: Palawan Island” and “Paragua

Palawan

Latitude
9.5315° or 9° 31′ 54″ north
Longitude
118.4615° or 118° 27′ 41″ east
Population
886,000
Elevation
357 metres (1,171 feet)
Open location code
6PXWGFJ6+JH
Geo­Names ID
1696180
Wiki­data ID
Q1061269
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Mari—“Palawan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Palawan
  • Arabic: بالاوان
  • Arabic: جزيرة بالاوان
  • Azerbaijani: Palavan
  • Basque: Palawan
  • Belarusian: Востраў Палаван
  • Belarusian: Палаван
  • Breton: Palawan
  • Bulgarian: Палаван
  • Burmese: ပလဝမ်ကျွန်း
  • Catalan: Palawan
  • Cebuano: Palawan Island
  • Cebuano: Palawan
  • Cebuano: Pulo sa Palawan
  • Central Bikol: Palawan
  • Chinese: Palawan
  • Chinese: 巴拉望
  • Chinese: 巴拉望島
  • Croatian: Palawan
  • Czech: Palawan
  • Dutch: Palawan
  • Egyptian Arabic: بالاوان
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره بالاوان
  • Esperanto: Insulo Palavano
  • Esperanto: Palavano
  • Estonian: Palawan
  • Finnish: Palawan
  • French: Île de Palawan
  • French: Île Palawan
  • French: Palawan
  • Galician: Palawan
  • Georgian: პალავანი
  • German: Palawan-Insel
  • German: Palawan
  • Greek: Παλαουάν
  • Iloko: Palawan
  • Indonesian: Palawan
  • Indonesian: Pulau Palawan
  • Japanese: パラワン
  • Japanese: パラワン島
  • Kirghiz: Палаван
  • Korean: 팔라완
  • Korean: 팔라완섬
  • Latvian: Palavana
  • Latvian: Palawan
  • Lithuanian: Palavanas
  • Malagasy: Palawan (tangoro-nosy)
  • Malagasy: Palawan
  • Malayalam: പലാവാൻ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Palawan (tó)
  • Min Nan Chinese: Palawan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Palawan
  • Ossetian: Палаван
  • Papiamento: Palawan
  • Persian: پالاوان (جزیره)
  • Persian: پالاوان
  • Polish: Palawan
  • Portuguese: Palauã
  • Portuguese: Palawan
  • Russian: Палаван
  • Serbian: Palavan
  • Serbian: Палаван
  • Slovenian: Palawan
  • Spanish: isla de La Paragua
  • Spanish: isla de Palawan
  • Spanish: Isla de Palawan
  • Spanish: Palawan
  • Tagalog: Isla ng Palawan
  • Tagalog: Isla Palawan
  • Tagalog: Palawan
  • Tagalog: Pulo ng Palawan
  • Tamil: பலவான் (தீவு)
  • Tamil: பலவான்
  • Tatar: Палаван (утрау)
  • Tatar: Палаван
  • Tok Pisin: Palawan
  • Turkish: Palawan Adası
  • Turkish: Palawan
  • Ukrainian: Палаван
  • Vietnamese: Palawan
  • Waray (Philippines): Isla han Palawan
  • Waray (Philippines): Palawan
  • Waray (Philippines): Puro han Palawan
  • Waray (Philippines): Purô han Palawan
  • Western Mari: Палаван

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