Taro

Taro Island is a small in with 507 inhabitants. It is the capital of and is located in off the northwest coast. This island, which is 2 meters above sea level, is threatened by rising sea levels.
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  • Type: Town with 507 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Taro Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Choiseul Bay Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport at on Taro Island, part of the in the . The airport has scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines, using DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

Taro

Latitude
-6.71034° or 6° 42′ 37″ south
Longitude
156.39781° or 156° 23′ 52″ east
Population
507
Open location code
6R5R79QX+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5471070551
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11423653
Wiki­data ID
Q1440679
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Satellite Map

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

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Taro” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ታሮ”
  • Arabic: “تارو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Taro”
  • Bengali: “তারো”
  • Catalan: “Taro”
  • Cebuano: “Taro Island”
  • Chinese: “塔罗”
  • Chinese: “塔羅”
  • Czech: “Taro Island”
  • Dutch: “Taro Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تارو ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تارو”
  • French: “Île Taro”
  • French: “Taro”
  • Galician: “Taro”
  • German: “Taro Island”
  • German: “Taro”
  • Hausa: “Taro”
  • Hebrew: “טארו”
  • Hindi: “तारो”
  • Indonesian: “Taro”
  • Italian: “Taro”
  • Japanese: “タロ”
  • Japanese: “タロ島”
  • Javanese: “Taro”
  • Kazakh: “Таро”
  • Kirghiz: “Таро”
  • Malay: “Taro”
  • Northern Frisian: “Taro”
  • Oromo: “Taro”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਾਰੋ”
  • Persian: “تارو”
  • Persian: “جزیره تارو”
  • Polish: “Taro Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Taro”
  • Portuguese: “Taro”
  • Pushto: “تارو”
  • Russian: “Таро (остров)”
  • Russian: “Таро”
  • Sinhala: “ටාරෝ දූපත, සොලමන් දූපත්”
  • Somali: “Taro”
  • Spanish: “Isla Taro”
  • Spanish: “Taro (Isla)”
  • Spanish: “Taro”
  • Swahili: “Taro”
  • Tajik: “Таро”
  • Tatar: “Таро”
  • Turkish: “Taro Adası”
  • Turkish: “Taro”
  • Urdu: “تارو جزیرہ”
  • Urdu: “تاروں”
  • Uzbek: “Taro”

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Notable Places Nearby

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