Alotau
Alotau is the capital of Milne Bay Province, in the far south-east of Papua New Guinea, on the tip of the Papuan Peninsula. It is located on the northern shore of Milne Bay and the township is conveniently situated within the Alotau Urban LLG.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Alotau
- Type: City with 47,400 residents
- Description: Capital of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
- Category: locality
- Location: Milne Bay Province, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-10.3061° or 10° 18′ 22″ southLongitude
150.4464° or 150° 26′ 47″ eastPopulation
47,400Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)IATA airport code
GURUnited Nations Location Code
PG GUROpen location code
5RXGMCVW+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2558354344OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2133990Wikidata ID
Q568137
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Alotau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أولتاو”
- Asturian: “Alotau”
- Bengali: “আলোতাউ”
- Cebuano: “Alotau (kapital sa lalawigan)”
- Cebuano: “Alotau”
- Chinese: “阿洛陶”
- Dutch: “Alotau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اولتاو”
- Finnish: “Alotau”
- French: “Alotau”
- Galician: “Alotau”
- German: “Alotau”
- Hebrew: “אלוטאו”
- Italian: “Alotau”
- Japanese: “アロタウ”
- Korean: “알로타우”
- Lithuanian: “Alotau”
- Mingrelian: “ალოტაუ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alotau”
- Persian: “آلوتائو”
- Polish: “Alotau”
- Portuguese: “Alotau”
- Russian: “Алотау”
- Slovenian: “Alotau”
- Spanish: “Alotau”
- Tok Pisin: “Alotau”
- Ukrainian: “Алотау”
- Urdu: “آلوتاو”
- Wu Chinese: “阿洛陶”
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