Coron

Coron is a town in the province of on Busuanga Island. The area is famous for its World War II wreck diving, and the site has been named in many lists of top dive spots in the world.
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  • Type: Town with 69,400 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Palawan
  • Also known as: Coron, Palawan” and “Municipality of Coron
  • Neighbors:

Coron

Latitude
11.9986° or 11° 59′ 55″ north
Longitude
120.2052° or 120° 12′ 19″ east
Population
69,400
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
XCN
United Nations Location Code
PH XCN
Open location code
7Q32X6X4+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 188143013
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1716834
Wiki­data ID
Q111414
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Waray—“Coron” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Coron, Palawan
  • Cebuano: Lungsod sa Coron
  • Central Bikol: Coron
  • Chavacano: Coron
  • Chinese: 科倫
  • Chinese: 科隆
  • Dutch: Coron
  • Filipino: Coron
  • French: Coron
  • Georgian: კორონი
  • German: Coron
  • Iloko: Coron, Palawan
  • Indonesian: Coron, Palawan
  • Italian: Coron
  • Japanese: コロン (パラワン州)
  • Japanese: コロン
  • Khmer: កូរ៉ុន ខេត្តប៉ាឡាវ៉ាន់
  • Khmer: កូរ៉ុន
  • Malay: Coron
  • Norwegian: Coron
  • Pampanga: Coron
  • Pangasinan: Coron
  • Persian: کورون، پالاوان
  • Persian: کورون
  • Portuguese: Coron
  • Spanish: Coron
  • Spanish: Corón
  • Swedish: Coron, Palawan
  • Tagalog: Bayan ng Coron
  • Tagalog: Coron
  • Tagalog: Munisipalidad ng Coron
  • Tagalog: Munisipyo ng Coron
  • Vietnamese: Coron, Palawan
  • Waray (Philippines): Coron, Palawan
  • Coron
  • Coron, Palawan

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Coron”. Photo: Riyan0721, CC BY-SA 4.0.