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Vaiaku

Vaiaku is a located on the southern coast of the of in the atoll of in , which is home to most of the major administrative buildings.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Funafuti International Airport and Vaiaku Lagi Hotel.

Aerodrome
Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.
is an in Vaiaku on , an atoll that serves as the capital of the island nation of . It is the sole international airport in . Fiji Airways operates between , and Funafuti.

Hotel
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Funafuti Lagoon Hotel formally known as Vaiaku Langi Hotel, or , is situated in , in the Pacific island nation of . The hotel was built in 1993 with financial assistance from the government of .

Mosque
Photo: Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alapi and Senala.

Village
is a village on the atoll of , . According to 2012 census, there were 1029 inhabitants. The area of the village is 0.11 km2.

Village
is a village in , located on the atoll, on the island of . The settlement has an area of 0.13 km2. In 2001, it was inhabited by 574 people, and by 1207 in 2012.

Vaiaku

Latitude
-8.52541° or 8° 31′ 32″ south
Longitude
179.19453° or 179° 11′ 40″ east
Population
516
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6V3XF5FV+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 649015243
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7601977
Wiki­data ID
Q248201
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Satellite Map

Discover Vaiaku from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Vaiaku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاياكو”
  • Basque: “Vaiaku”
  • Catalan: “Vaiaku”
  • Cebuano: “Vaiaku Village”
  • Chinese: “瓦伊阿庫”
  • Czech: “Vaiaku”
  • Dutch: “Vaiaku”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤاياكو”
  • Esperanto: “Vaiaku”
  • Finnish: “Vaiaku”
  • French: “Vaiaku”
  • German: “Vaiaku”
  • Hebrew: “ואיאקו”
  • Hungarian: “Vaiaku”
  • Indonesian: “Vaiaku”
  • Italian: “Vaiaku”
  • Lithuanian: “Vajaku”
  • Luxembourgish: “Vaiaku”
  • Macedonian: “Вајаку”
  • Mingrelian: “ვაიაკუ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaiaku”
  • Norwegian: “Vaiaku”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vaiaku”
  • Persian: “وایاکو”
  • Polish: “Vaiaku”
  • Portuguese: “Vaiaku”
  • Romanian: “Vaiaku”
  • Russian: “Ваиаку”
  • Slovak: “Vaiaku”
  • Spanish: “Vaiaku”
  • Tahitian: “Vaiatu”
  • Thai: “วาอีอากู”
  • Urdu: “وائیکو”

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