Airai
Airai, located on the southern coast of Babeldaob island, is the second-most populous state of Palau, and the most populous on Babeldaob. It contains the country's chief airport, Roman Tmetuchl International Airport, and is connected by the Koror–Babeldaob Bridge to nearby Koror Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: state of Palau with 2,720 residents
- Description: state of Palau
- Also known as: “A Irai”, “Airai Municipality”, “Airai, Palau”, “Airrai”, “Arrai”, “Eirei”, “Eye Rye”, “Irrai”, “Irrai Municipality”, “Ngaragumelbai”, and “Ngaregumelbai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roman Tmetuchl International Airport and Nan’yō Shrine.
Roman Tmetuchl International Airport
Aerodrome
Roman Tmetuchl International Airport, also known as Palau International Airport, is the main airport of Palau. It is located in Yelch, Airai State on Babeldaob island, near the former capital Koror.
Nan’yō Shrine
Shinto shrine
Nanyo Shrine was a Shinto shrine located on the island of Koror, in Palau. The shrine was the ichinomiya of the government of the South Seas Mandate, a League of Nations mandated territory administered by the Empire of Japan. Nan’yō Shrine is situated 4 km southwest of Airai.
Embassy of the United States, Koror
Government office
Palau–United States relations are bilateral relations between the sovereign nations of Palau and the United States. Embassy of the United States, Koror is situated 3½ km east of Airai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koror and Ngermid.
Koror
Koror is the largest city in Palau. Koror was also the capital until 2006, but the hamlet of Melekeok, some 20 km away, now has that honor.
Ngermid
Village
Ngermid is a village in Koror, Palau, bordering Nikko Bay. The nearby Itungelbai river runs from its source in Ngermid through a short, narrow gorge to the sea. Ngermid is situated 3½ km southwest of Airai.
Ngetkib
Village
Ngetkib is a village in Palau, and the capital of the state of Airai. It has a population of 62.
Airai
- Location: Palau, Micronesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Airai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ولاية أيراي”
- Armenian: “Այրայ”
- Bavarian: “Airai”
- Bengali: “এইরায়”
- Catalan: “Airai”
- Cebuano: “State of Airai”
- Chinese: “Airai Chiu”
- Chinese: “艾拉伊州”
- Czech: “Airai”
- Danish: “Airai”
- Dutch: “Airai”
- Estonian: “Airai osariik”
- Estonian: “Airai”
- Finnish: “Airai”
- French: “Airai”
- Georgian: “აირაი”
- German: “Airai”
- German: “PW-004”
- Greek: “Αϊράι”
- Gujarati: “ઐરાઇ”
- Hindi: “ऐराई”
- Icelandic: “Airai”
- Indonesian: “Airai”
- Italian: “Airai”
- Japanese: “アイライ州”
- Kannada: “ಏರ್ಯಾಯ್”
- Korean: “아이라이주”
- Latvian: “Airai”
- Lithuanian: “Airajus”
- Macedonian: “Ајрај”
- Malay: “Airai”
- Marathi: “एअरलाई”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Airai Chiu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Airai”
- Norwegian: “Airai”
- Persian: “استان ایرایی”
- Polish: “Airai, Palau”
- Polish: “Airai”
- Portuguese: “Airai”
- Russian: “Аираи”
- Serbian: “Аираи”
- Sinhala: “අයිරායි, පලාවු”
- Sinhala: “අයිරායි”
- Spanish: “Airai”
- Spanish: “Estado de Airai”
- Swedish: “Airai”
- Tamil: “ஐரை”
- Telugu: “అయిరాయ్”
- Thai: “ไอลาย”
- Turkish: “Airai”
- Ukrainian: “Аіраї”
- Ukrainian: “Аїраї”
- Urdu: “آئرائی”
- Vietnamese: “Airai”
- Western Mari: “Аираи”
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