Penama

Penama is a province of . It includes the central-eastern islands of Pentecost, Ambae, and Maewo.
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  • Type: province of Vanuatu with 32,500 residents
  • Description: province of Vanuatu
  • Also known as: Penama Province

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ambae and Manaro Voui.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
, also known as Aoba, Omba, Oba, or Opa and formerly Lepers’ Island, is an island in the island nation of , approximately 310 kilometres north-northwest of Vanuatu's capital city, .

Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
, or Manaro Vui, is a shield volcano whose emergent portion is known as the island of in . The summit is 1,496 metres above sea level and about 3,900 m above the sea floor.

Penama

Latitude
-15.3974° or 15° 23′ 51″ south
Longitude
167.8045° or 167° 48′ 16″ east
Population
32,500
Elevation
1,375 metres (4,511 feet)
Open location code
5VP9JR33+2Q
Geo­Names ID
2208266
Wiki­data ID
Q836649
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Satellite Map

Discover Penama from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Penama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بيناما
  • Belarusian: Пенама
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Пенама
  • Bengali: পেনামা প্রদেশ
  • Bislama: Penama
  • Bulgarian: Пенама
  • Cebuano: Penama Province
  • Chinese: Penama Séng
  • Chinese: 彭納馬省
  • Chinese: 彭纳马
  • Chinese: 彭纳马省
  • Croatian: Penama
  • Czech: Penama
  • Danish: Penama Province
  • Dutch: Penama
  • Esperanto: Penama
  • Finnish: Penama
  • French: Penama
  • French: Pénama
  • Galician: Penama
  • Georgian: პენამა
  • German: Penama
  • German: VU-PAM
  • Greek: Πενάμα
  • Gujarati: પેનામા પ્રાંત
  • Hindi: पेनामा प्रांत
  • Icelandic: Penama-hérað
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Penama
  • Italian: Penama
  • Japanese: ペナマ州
  • Kannada: ಪೆನಾಮಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Kinyarwanda: Intara ya Penama
  • Kirghiz: Пенама
  • Korean: 페나마주
  • Latvian: Penamas province
  • Lithuanian: Penama
  • Macedonian: Пенама
  • Malay: Wilayah Penama
  • Marathi: पेनमा प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Penama Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Penama
  • Norwegian: Penama
  • Polish: Penama
  • Portuguese: Penama
  • Russian: Пенама
  • Sinhala: පැනමා පළාත
  • Slovenian: Penama
  • Slovenian: VU-PAM
  • Spanish: Penama
  • Spanish: Provincia de Penama
  • Swedish: Penama
  • Tamil: பெனமா மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: పెనామా ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: పెనామా రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดปีนัง
  • Turkish: Penama ili
  • Turkish: Penama Province
  • Ukrainian: Пенама
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Пенама
  • Urdu: پیناما صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Penama
  • Western Mari: Пенама

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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 “Penama”. Photo: Tabisini, CC BY-SA 3.0.