Balibo
Balibó is a town in East Timor about 10 km from the Indonesian border. The town is home to a 400-year-old fort, which was the scene of several battles during the Indonesian invasion in 1975.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Balibo
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Balibo Vila, Balibo, Bobonaro Municipality, Timorese North Coast, Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-8.9687° or 8° 58′ 7″ southLongitude
125.0406° or 125° 2′ 26″ eastElevation
542 metres (1,778 feet)Open location code
6Q3722JR+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 265916555OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Balibo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴利博”
- Chinese: “巴里布”
- Dutch: “Balibo”
- German: “Balibo Kota”
- German: “Balibo Vila”
- German: “Balibo”
- German: “Balibó”
- Indonesian: “Balibo”
- Indonesian: “Balibó”
- Irish: “Balibo”
- Italian: “Balibo”
- Japanese: “バリボ”
- Malay: “Balibo Kota”
- Portuguese: “Balibo”
- Russian: “Балибо”
- Spanish: “Balibo”
- Tetum: “Balibó”
- Ukrainian: “Балібо”
- Urdu: “بالیبو”
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