Koror

Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of . It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island. It is Palau's most populous state; more people live in Koror than in the rest of Palau.
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  • Type: state of Palau with 12,700 residents
  • Description: state of Palau
  • Also known as: Corore”, “Goreor”, “Goror”, “Koreor”, “Koror City”, “Koror Town”, “Koror Village”, “Koror, Palau”, “Kororu”, “Korror”, and “Oreor Municipality

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belau National Museum and National Stadium.

Museum
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The , previously Palau Museum, is a museum in Koror, Palau. It is the oldest continuously run museum in Micronesia.

Stadium
The Palau is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Koror City, . It is used primarily for track and field events as well as many football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 4,000.

Museum
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The is a in Koror City, in Koror, . The museum opened in August 1999, in a building designed and built by Shallum and Mandy Etpison. It documents the history and culture of the country of Palau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koror and Ngermid.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the largest city in . was also the capital until 2006, but the hamlet of Melekeok, some 20 km away, now has that honor.

Village
is a village in Koror, , bordering Nikko Bay. The nearby Itungelbai river runs from its source in through a short, narrow to the sea.

Village
is a in , and the capital of the state of . It has a population of 62. is situated 5 km northeast of Koror.

Koror

Latitude
7.339° or 7° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
134.4785° or 134° 28′ 43″ east
Population
12,700
Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)
Open location code
6QVP8FQH+H9
Geo­Names ID
4037892
Wiki­data ID
Q189426
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Mari—“Koror” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: ኮሮር
  • Arabic: كورور
  • Arabic: ولاية كورور
  • Aragonese: Koror
  • Armenian: Կորոր
  • Asturian: Koror
  • Basque: Koror
  • Belarusian: Корар
  • Bengali: কোরা
  • Bengali: কোরোর
  • Breton: Koror
  • Catalan: Koror
  • Cebuano: State of Koror
  • Chinese: Koror Chiu
  • Chinese: 洛克群岛
  • Chinese: 科罗尔
  • Chinese: 科罗尔州
  • Chinese: 科羅
  • Chinese: 科羅爾州
  • Corsican: Koror
  • Czech: Koror
  • Danish: Koror
  • Dutch: Koror
  • Esperanto: Koror
  • Finnish: Koror
  • French: Koror
  • Galician: Koror
  • Georgian: კორორი (კუნძული)
  • Georgian: კორორი
  • Georgian: კორორის შტატი
  • German: Koror
  • Greek: Κορόρ
  • Gujarati: કોરોર
  • Haitian: Koro
  • Hebrew: קורור
  • Hindi: कोरर
  • Hindi: कोरोर
  • Ido: Koror
  • Indonesian: Koror
  • Interlingua: Koror
  • Interlingue: Koror
  • Italian: Koror
  • Japanese: コロール
  • Japanese: コロール州
  • Japanese: パラオ国コロール州
  • Kannada: ಕೊರೋರ್
  • Kannada: ಕೋರೋ್
  • Kinyarwanda: Koror
  • Kinyarwanda: Oreor
  • Korean: 코로르
  • Korean: 코로르주
  • Ladino: Koror
  • Latin: Koror
  • Latvian: Korora
  • Lithuanian: Kororas
  • Lombard: Koror
  • Macedo-Romanian: Koror
  • Macedonian: Корор
  • Malay: Koror
  • Marathi: कोरोर
  • Min Nan Chinese: Koror
  • Narom: Koror
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Koror
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Koror
  • Norwegian: Koror
  • Novial: Koror
  • Occitan (post 1500): Koror
  • Persian: کورور
  • Polish: Koror
  • Portuguese: Koror
  • Romanian: Koror
  • Romansh: Koror
  • Russian: Корор
  • Scots: Koror
  • Serbian: Корор
  • Sinhala: කොරොර්, පලාවු
  • Sinhala: කොරොර්
  • Sinhala: කොරෝර්
  • Slovak: Koror
  • Slovenian: Koror
  • Spanish: Estado de Koror
  • Spanish: Isla Oreor
  • Spanish: Koror
  • Swedish: Koror
  • Tagalog: Koror
  • Tamil: கொரோர்
  • Tamil: கோரோர்
  • Telugu: కోరోర్
  • Thai: คอรอร์
  • Thai: รัฐคอรอร์
  • Tibetan: ཁོ་རོར་
  • Tibetan: ཁོ་རོར།
  • Turkish: Koror
  • Ukrainian: Корор
  • Urdu: اورور
  • Urdu: کرور
  • Urdu: کورور
  • Uzbek: Koror
  • Vietnamese: Koror
  • Waray (Philippines): Koror
  • Western Mari: Корор

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Koror Island and Koror Historic Capital Island -2006.

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