Peleliu
Peleliu is an island in the island nation of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II.
- Type: state of Palau with 702 residents
- Description: state of Palau
- Also known as: “Acbolabolu”, “Argeutel”, “Attalabul”, “Beliliou”, “Kloulklubed”, “Peleliu, Palau”, “Pkula Belu”, “Pkulapelu”, “Pkulopelu”, “ペリリュー島”, “ペリリユウ”, “ペリリユウ島”, and “貝里琉”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Peleliu Airfield and Peleliu Shrine.
Peleliu Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kloulklubed.
Kloulklubed
Village
Peleliu
- Location: Palau, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.993° or 6° 59′ 35″ north
Longitude
134.231° or 134° 13′ 52″ east
Population
702
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
6QRPX6VJ+59
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Mari—“Peleliu” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ፔለሊዩ”
- Arabic: “ولاية بيليليو”
- Armenian: “Պելելիու”
- Azerbaijani: “Pelelu”
- Bengali: “পেলেলিউ”
- Catalan: “Peleliu”
- Cebuano: “Peleliu (pulo sa Palau)”
- Cebuano: “Peleliu”
- Cebuano: “State of Peleliu”
- Central Bikol: “Peleliu”
- Chinese: “佩莱利乌州”
- Chinese: “貝里琉州”
- Czech: “Peleliu”
- Danish: “Peleliu”
- Dutch: “Peleliu”
- Esperanto: “Peleliu”
- Finnish: “Peleliu”
- French: “État de Peleliu”
- French: “Peleliu”
- Georgian: “პელელიუს შტატი”
- German: “Peleliu”
- Greek: “Πελελίου”
- Gujarati: “પેલેલુ”
- Hausa: “Peleliu”
- Hebrew: “פלליו”
- Hindi: “पेलेलिऊ”
- Indonesian: “Peleliu”
- Italian: “Peleliu”
- Japanese: “ペリリュー州”
- Javanese: “Peleliu”
- Kannada: “ಪೆಲೆಲಿಯು”
- Kazakh: “Пелелиу”
- Kinyarwanda: “Peleliu”
- Kirghiz: “Пелелиу”
- Korean: “펠렐리우주”
- Latvian: “Peleliu”
- Lithuanian: “Peleliu”
- Malay: “Peleliu”
- Marathi: “पेलेलु”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Peleliu Chiu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Peleliu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peleliu”
- Norwegian: “Peleliu”
- Oromo: “Peleliu”
- Panjabi: “ਪੇਲੇਲੀਯੂ”
- Persian: “پلیلیو”
- Polish: “Peleliu”
- Portuguese: “Peleliu”
- Pushto: “پېلېليو”
- Russian: “Пелелиу”
- Sinhala: “පෙලෙලියු, පලාවු”
- Sinhala: “පෙලෙලියු”
- Slovenian: “Peleliu”
- Somali: “Peleliu”
- Spanish: “Estado de Peleliu”
- Spanish: “Peleliu”
- Swahili: “Peleliu”
- Swedish: “Peleliu”
- Tajik: “Пелелиу”
- Tamil: “பேலேல்யு”
- Tatar: “Пелелиу”
- Telugu: “పెలెలియూ”
- Thai: “รัฐเปเลลิว”
- Tumbuka: “Chigaŵa cha Peleliu”
- Turkish: “Peleliu”
- Ukrainian: “Пелеліу”
- Urdu: “پیلیلیو”
- Uzbek: “Peleliu”
- Vietnamese: “Peleliu”
- Western Mari: “Пелелиу”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Palau Islands Barrier Reef - South Island Peleliu and Koska.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Peleliu and Peleliu Civil Airfield.
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