Rarotonga

Rarotonga is the largest and by far the most populated of the , and is known as 'Raro'. It is the easiest to get to, with direct international flights from several countries, and has the most attractions and accommodation of the islands.
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  • Type: island with 13,000 residents
  • Description: island of the Cook Islands
  • Also known as: “Ara Tapu”, “ราโรโตงา”, and “拉罗汤加”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Te Manga and Ikurangi.

Peak
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is the highest point on Rarotonga with an elevation of 652 metres above sea level.

Peak
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is one of the four major peaks of Rarotonga in the .

Peak
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or the Needle is a mountain peak on Rarotonga in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avarua and Matavera.

Town
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is a district and township in the north of the…

Town
is a district on the island of Rarotonga…

Village
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is one of the five districts that make up the island of Rarotonga in the .

Rarotonga

Latitude
-21.2327° or 21° 13′ 58″ south
Longitude
-159.7725° or 159° 46′ 21″ west
Population
13,000
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
53C2Q68H+W2
Geo­Names ID
11695425
Wiki­data ID
Q471793
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Rarotonga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راروتونغا”
  • Armenian: “Ռարոտոնգա”
  • Basque: “Rarotonga”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Раратонга”
  • Belarusian: “Раратонга”
  • Bengali: “রারোটোঙ্গা”
  • Bulgarian: “Раротонга”
  • Catalan: “Rarotonga”
  • Cebuano: “Rarotonga”
  • Chinese: “拉罗汤加岛”
  • Chinese: “拉羅東加島”
  • Chinese: “拉羅湯加島”
  • Croatian: “Rarotonga”
  • Czech: “Rarotonga”
  • Danish: “Rarotonga”
  • Dutch: “Rarotonga”
  • Esperanto: “Rarotonga”
  • Estonian: “Rarotonga”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Rarotonga”
  • Finnish: “Rarotonga”
  • French: “Rarotonga”
  • Galician: “Illa de Rarotonga”
  • German: “Rarotonga”
  • Greek: “Ραροτόνγκα”
  • Gujarati: “રારોટોંગા”
  • Hebrew: “ררוטונגה”
  • Hindi: “रैरोटोंगा”
  • Hungarian: “Rarotonga”
  • Indonesian: “Rarotonga”
  • Italian: “Rarotonga”
  • Japanese: “ラロトンガ島”
  • Kannada: “ರರೋಟೊಂಗ”
  • Korean: “라로통가섬”
  • Latin: “Rarotonga”
  • Latvian: “Rarotonga”
  • Lithuanian: “Rarotonga”
  • Malay: “Rarotonga”
  • Marathi: “रारोटोंगा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rarotonga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rarotonga”
  • Norwegian: “Rarotonga”
  • Persian: “راروتونگا”
  • Polish: “Rarotonga”
  • Portuguese: “Rarotonga”
  • Romanian: “Rarotonga”
  • Russian: “Раротонга”
  • Serbian: “Rarotonga”
  • Serbian: “Раротонга”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rarotonga”
  • Sinhala: “රරොටෝන්ගා”
  • Sinhala: “රාරොටොංගා”
  • Slovak: “Rarotonga”
  • Slovenian: “Rarotonga”
  • Spanish: “Rarotonga”
  • Swedish: “Rarotonga”
  • Tamil: “றாரொடோங்கா”
  • Telugu: “రారోటోంగా”
  • Thai: “เกาะราโรโตงา”
  • Turkish: “Rarotonga”
  • Ukrainian: “Раротонга”
  • Urdu: “راروتونجا”
  • Urdu: “راروٹونگا”
  • Vietnamese: “Rarotonga”
  • Wallisian: “Lalotoga”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉羅湯加”

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