Savu Island

Savu is the largest of a group of three islands, situated midway between and , west of , in Indonesia's eastern province, .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Sabu Raijua Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Havu”, “Havu Island”, “Hawoe”, “Hawoe Island”, “Hawu”, “Hawu Island”, “Poelau Sawoe”, “Raehawoe”, “Rai Hwau”, “Raihawoe”, “Sabu”, “Sabu Island”, “Savoe”, “Savu”, “Sawoe”, “Sawoe Island”, “Sawu Island”, and “സവു”

Savu Island

Latitude
-10.5298° or 10° 31′ 47″ south
Longitude
121.8733° or 121° 52′ 24″ east
Population
30,000
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
IATA airport code
SAU
Open location code
5QX3FVCF+38
Geo­Names ID
2056954
Wiki­data ID
Q1469472
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Savu Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سافو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Savu adası”
  • Basque: “Savu”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Саву”
  • Belarusian: “Саву”
  • Cebuano: “Savu Island”
  • Chinese: “萨武群岛”
  • Chinese: “薩武群島”
  • Dutch: “Savu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سافو”
  • French: “Savu”
  • German: “Sawu”
  • Hebrew: “סאבו”
  • Iloko: “Savu”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Sabu”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Sawu”
  • Italian: “Savu”
  • Japanese: “サヴ島”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Sawu”
  • Lithuanian: “Savu”
  • Polish: “Sawu”
  • Portuguese: “Savu”
  • Romanian: “Savu”
  • Russian: “Саву”
  • Spanish: “Sawu”
  • Swedish: “Savu Island”
  • Swedish: “Savu”
  • Thai: “เกาะซาวู”
  • Urdu: “ساوو”
  • Western Mari: “Саву ошмаоты”
  • “Pulau Sabu”

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