Koror

Koror is the largest city in . Koror was also the capital until 2006, but the hamlet of Melekeok, some 20 km away, now has that honor.
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  • Type: Town with 14,000 residents
  • Description: city and former capital of Palau
  • Also known as: “Coror”, “Corror”, “Corrora”, “Goreor”, “Goror”, “Koreor”, “Koror town”, “Koror village”, “Korōru”, and “Mzinda wa Koror”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Belau National Museum and National Stadium.

Museum
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The , previously Palau Museum, is a museum in , Palau.

Stadium
The Palau is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Koror City, .

Museum
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The is a in Koror City, in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meyuns and Ngermid.

Village
is the second most populous city of , with a population of approximately 1,000.

Village
is a village in , , bordering Nikko Bay.

Koror

Latitude
7.3433° or 7° 20′ 36″ north
Longitude
134.4767° or 134° 28′ 36″ east
Population
14,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
IATA airport code
ROR
UN/LOCODE
PW ROR
Open location code
6QVP8FVG+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21447751
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1559446
Wiki­data ID
Q527748
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Koror” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Koror”
  • Amharic: “ኮሮር”
  • Arabic: “كورور”
  • Armenian: “Քորոր (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Քորոր”
  • Asturian: “Koror”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koror”
  • Basque: “Koror”
  • Belarusian: “Корар”
  • Bengali: “কোরোর”
  • Bulgarian: “Корор”
  • Catalan: “Koror”
  • Cebuano: “Koror (kapital sa estado sa Palau)”
  • Cebuano: “Koror”
  • Chinese: “科罗尔”
  • Chinese: “科羅”
  • Chinese: “科羅爾”
  • Czech: “Koror”
  • Danish: “Koror”
  • Dutch: “Koror”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كورور”
  • Esperanto: “Kororo”
  • Finnish: “Koror”
  • French: “Koror”
  • Georgian: “კორორი”
  • German: “Koror”
  • Guarani: “Koror”
  • Haitian: “Koro”
  • Hausa: “Koror”
  • Hindi: “कोरोर”
  • Hungarian: “Koror”
  • Indonesian: “Koror”
  • Italian: “Koror”
  • Japanese: “コロール”
  • Javanese: “Koror”
  • Kazakh: “Корор”
  • Kirghiz: “Корор”
  • Komering: “Koror”
  • Korean: “코로르 주”
  • Korean: “코로르”
  • Latvian: “Korora”
  • Lithuanian: “Kororas”
  • Malay: “Koror”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Koror”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كورور”
  • Nauru: “Koror”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koror”
  • Oromo: “Koror”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਰੋਰ”
  • Persian: “کرر”
  • Persian: “کورور سیتی”
  • Persian: “کورور”
  • Polish: “Koror City”
  • Polish: “Koror”
  • Portuguese: “Koror”
  • Pushto: “کورور”
  • Romanian: “Koror (oraș)”
  • Romanian: “Koror”
  • Russian: “Корор”
  • Silesian: “Koror City”
  • Sinhala: “කොරොර් (නගරය), පලාවු”
  • Sinhala: “කොරොර්, පලාවු”
  • Somali: “Koror”
  • Spanish: “Koror”
  • Swahili: “Koror”
  • Swedish: “Koror”
  • Tagalog: “lungsod ng Koror”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Koror”
  • Tajik: “Корор”
  • Tatar: “Корор”
  • Thai: “คอรอร์”
  • Tumbuka: “Koror”
  • Tumbuka: “Msumba wa Koror”
  • Turkish: “Koror”
  • Ukrainian: “Корор”
  • Urdu: “کورور (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “کورور”
  • Uzbek: “Koror”
  • Veps: “Koror”
  • Vietnamese: “Koror”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Koror”
  • “Koror”

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