Biak
Biak is a city in Special Region of Papua, Indonesia. Biak is situated nearby to the hamlet Fandoi, as well as near Burokub.- Type: City with 80,000 residents
- Description: district in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Biak Kota”, “Biak Kota District”, “Byak”, and “Kecamatan Biak Kota”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frans Kaisiepo Airport.
Frans Kaisiepo Airport
Aerodrome
Frans Kaisiepo International Airport, formerly known as Mokmer Airport, is an international airport serving Biak, the largest island in the Biak Archipelago, located in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biak.
Biak
Biak is the main city on the island of Biak, off the northwest coast of Papua, Indonesia. The largest population centre of Biak island is in this city, meanwhile the rest of the island is thinly populated with small villages.Biak
- Categories: distrik, kecamatan, and locality
- Location: Special Region of Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-1.1836° or 1° 11′ 1″ south
Longitude
136.0816° or 136° 4′ 54″ east
Population
80,000
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
6QCRR38J+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Biak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Balinese to Swedish—“Biak” goes by many names.
- Balinese: “Biak Kota, Biak Numfor”
- Cebuano: “Kecamatan Biak Kota”
- Dutch: “Biak Kota”
- German: “Biak Kota”
- Indonesian: “Biak Kota, Biak Numfor”
- Indonesian: “Biak Kota”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Biak Kota”
- Indonesian: “Kecamatan Biak Kota”
- Irish: “Biak Kota”
- Javanese: “Biak Kota, Biak Numfor”
- Javanese: “Biak Kutha, Biak Numfor”
- Malay: “Biak Kota, Biak Numfor”
- Swedish: “Kecamatan Biak Kota”
- “Biak Kota”
- “Biak Kota, Biak Numfor”
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Notable Places Nearby
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