Papua New Guinea
Western Papua New Guinea
Western Province

Daru

Daru is the capital of the of and a former Catholic bishopric. Daru town falls under the jurisdiction of Daru Urban LLG.
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  • Type: City with 75,800 residents
  • Description: capital city of Western Province, Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Daru Government Station”
  • Historically known as: “Dagwa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daru Island and Daru Airport.

Island
is an in the Western Province of . It is one of the . The eponymous town on the island is the capital of the province, and houses the vast majority of the island's population of 20,524.

Aerodrome
is an serving Daru, the capital of the in . The airfield was constructed before or during World War II.

Daru

Latitude
-9.0699° or 9° 4′ 12″ south
Longitude
143.21° or 143° 12′ 36″ east
Population
75,800
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
IATA airport code
DAU
United Nations Location Code
PG DAU
Open location code
6R25W6J6+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1645033734
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2098329
Wiki­data ID
Q499375
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Daru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريف دارو”
  • Asturian: “Daru”
  • Catalan: “Daru”
  • Cebuano: “Daru (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Daru”
  • Chinese: “達魯”
  • Dutch: “Daru”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريف دارو”
  • Fijian: “Daru”
  • Finnish: “Daru”
  • French: “Daru”
  • Galician: “Daru”
  • German: “Daru”
  • Italian: “Daru”
  • Japanese: “ダル”
  • Korean: “다루”
  • Lithuanian: “Daru”
  • Mingrelian: “დარუ (პაპუა-ახალი გვინეა)”
  • Mingrelian: “დარუ”
  • Persian: “دارو (شهر)”
  • Persian: “دارو”
  • Polish: “Daru”
  • Portuguese: “Daru”
  • Russian: “Дару”
  • Slovenian: “Daru”
  • Swedish: “Daru”
  • Tok Pisin: “Daru”
  • Ukrainian: “Дару”
  • Urdu: “دارو”

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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 Wikipedia page “Daru”. Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CC BY 2.0.