Arutua

Arutua, or Ngaru-atua is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in . It is located 40 km SW of . The closest land is , only 16 km to the East.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arutua Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport on Arutua atoll in . The airport is 13 km north of the village of Rautini.

Arutua

Latitude
-15.2366° or 15° 14′ 12″ south
Longitude
-146.6453° or 146° 38′ 43″ west
Population
1,510
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PF AXR
Open location code
53PMQ973+8V
Geo­Names ID
10295216
Wiki­data ID
Q370525
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Arutua” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Arutua
  • Azerbaijani: Arutua
  • Catalan: Arutua
  • Cebuano: Atoll Arutua
  • Chinese: 阿魯圖阿環礁
  • Dutch: Arutua
  • Esperanto: Arutua
  • Estonian: Arutua
  • French: Arutua
  • Galician: Atol Arutua
  • German: Arutua
  • Hungarian: Arutua
  • Italian: Arutua
  • Japanese: アルトゥア環礁
  • Latvian: Arutua
  • Lithuanian: Arutua
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arutua
  • Norwegian: Arutua
  • Persian: آروتوا
  • Portuguese: Arutua
  • Russian: Арутуа
  • Slovak: Arutua
  • Spanish: Arutua
  • Swahili: Arutua
  • Tahitian: Arutua
  • Ukrainian: Арутуа
  • Western Mari: Арутуа

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tenihinihi and Arutua Island.

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