Arorae

Arorae is an atoll in located near the equator. Arorae is the southernmost island in the group. It has a population of just over a thousand inhabitants on 9.5 square kilometres.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: island with 1,260 residents
  • Description: island of Kiribati
  • Historically known as: Arorai”, “Arurai”, “Hope Island”, and “Hurd

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arorae Island Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Arorae Airport is the serving Arorae, . It is located in the north of the island, north of the village of Tamaroa. The airport is served by Air Kiribati from , which is connected with at , but lands at on its way from Arorae back to Tabiteuea North.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roreti.

Village
is a village in Arorae, . The name is a local transliteration of Royalist. There are only two villages on the island: the northern village, Tamaroa and the southern village, .

Arorae

Latitude
-2.6349° or 2° 38′ 6″ south
Longitude
176.8223° or 176° 49′ 20″ east
Population
1,260
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KI AIS
Open location code
6V9R9R8C+2W
Geo­Names ID
7521584
Wiki­data ID
Q698352
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Arorae” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Arorae
  • Cebuano: Arorae Atoll
  • Chinese: 阿羅賴島
  • Croatian: Arorae
  • Dutch: Arorae
  • Estonian: Arorae atoll
  • Estonian: Arorae
  • Faroese: Arorae
  • Finnish: Arorae
  • French: Arorae
  • Galician: Arorae
  • Galician: Atol Arorae
  • German: Arorae
  • German: Arorai
  • German: Arurai
  • German: Hope Island
  • German: Hurd
  • Greek: Αροράε
  • Hebrew: ארוראה
  • Italian: Arorae
  • Japanese: アロラエ
  • Korean: 아로라에 섬
  • Korean: 아로라에
  • Macedonian: Арорае
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arorae
  • Norwegian: Arorae
  • Polish: Arorae
  • Portuguese: Arorae
  • Romanian: Arorae
  • Russian: Арораэ
  • Spanish: Arorae
  • Swedish: Arorae
  • Turkish: Arorae
  • Arorae

Localities in the Area

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