Babeldaob

Babeldaob is the biggest island of . The area of Babeldaob makes up over 70% of the land area of the entire Republic of Palau. It has about 30% of the country's population, with about 6,000 people living on it.
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Photo: Binter, Public domain.
Photo: Binter, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Palau
  • Also known as: Arrecifos”, “Babeldáob”, “Babeldzuap”, “Babelhoup Island”, “Babeltaob”, “Babelthaob”, “Babelthaub”, “Babelthaup Island”, “Babelthoup”, “Babelthuab”, “Babelthuap”, “Babelthuap Island”, “Babeltloab”, “Babeltop”, “Babeltuap”, “Babelutaobu”, “Babelzuap”, “Baberudaobu To”, “Baberutaobu Jima”, “Babldaob”, “Bablehoup Island”, “Bablethoup Island”, “Badelzuap”, “Baobeltaob”, “Baubelthouap”, “CUCKOLD WW2”, “Palau Island”, “Panlog”, “Panlog Island”, “Panloq”, “Parao”, and “Parao Tō

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Ngerchelchuus and Ngardmau Waterfall.

Peak
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
is the Republic of 's highest point, located at the border of the states of and Ngaremlengui, on the island of Babeldaob.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Imeong and Ngetbong.

Village
is a in , and the capital of the state of Ngaremlengui. The population is 132.

Village
is a village in , , near the bay Ngeriklreker. The Taoch ra Iwekei river runs through it.

Babeldaob

Latitude
7.5624° or 7° 33′ 45″ north
Longitude
134.5694° or 134° 34′ 10″ east
Population
5,880
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
Open location code
6QVPHH69+XQ
Geo­Names ID
1559947
Wiki­data ID
Q746861
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Babeldaob” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بابلدأوب
  • Asturian: Babeldaob
  • Basque: Babeldaob
  • Belarusian: Бабелдааб
  • Belarusian: Востраў Бабелдааб
  • Bulgarian: Бабелдаоб
  • Catalan: Babeldaob
  • Catalan: Babelthuap
  • Cebuano: Babeldaob
  • Chinese: Babeldaob
  • Chinese: 巴伯尔图阿普岛
  • Chinese: 巴伯尔道布岛
  • Chinese: 巴伯爾圖阿普島
  • Chinese: 巴貝圖阿普島
  • Croatian: Babeldaob
  • Czech: Babeldaob
  • Dutch: Babeldaob
  • Dutch: Babelthuap
  • Esperanto: Babeldaob
  • Estonian: Babeldaob
  • Estonian: Babelthuap
  • Finnish: Babeldaob
  • Finnish: Babelthuap
  • French: Babeldaob
  • French: Babelthoap
  • French: Babelthuap
  • Galician: Babeldaob
  • Georgian: ბაბელდაობი
  • German: Babeldaob
  • German: Babelthuap
  • Indonesian: Babeldaob
  • Italian: Babeldaob
  • Italian: Babelthuap
  • Japanese: バベルダオブ島
  • Japanese: バベルダオプ島
  • Japanese: パラオ本島
  • Kinyarwanda: Babeldaob
  • Korean: 바벨다오브섬
  • Korean: 바벨투아프 섬
  • Ladin: Babeldaob
  • Latvian: Babeldaopa
  • Lithuanian: Babeltuapas
  • Macedonian: Бабелдаоб
  • Macedonian: Бабелтуап
  • Min Nan Chinese: Babeldaob
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Babeldaob
  • Norwegian: Babeldaob
  • Occitan (post 1500): Babeldaob
  • Polish: Babeldaob
  • Polish: Babelthuap
  • Portuguese: Babeldaob
  • Portuguese: Ilha Babeldaob
  • Russian: Бабелдаоб
  • Russian: Бабелтуап
  • Serbian: Бабелдаоб
  • Slovenian: Babeldaob
  • Spanish: Babeldaob
  • Spanish: Babelthuap
  • Swahili: Babeldaob
  • Swahili: Babelthuap
  • Swedish: Babeldaob
  • Swedish: Babelthuap
  • Thai: บาเบลดาออบ
  • Thai: บาเบลโดอาป
  • Turkish: Babeldaob
  • Ukrainian: Бабелдаоб
  • Urdu: بابلداوب
  • Vietnamese: Babeldaob
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Babeldaob”. Photo: Binter, Public domain.