Vava’u

Vava’u is a group of more than 50 islands in , about 250 km north of . They are either raised coral limestone or coral atolls. The beautiful harbour opposite the main town of Neiafu is a common destination for yachties sailing the South Pacific.
  • Island group with about 14,300 residents
  • Description: island group of Tonga
  • Also known as
    “Vava‘u Islands Division”
    “Vavaʻu group”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neiafu and Vaimalo.
is the second-largest town in with a population of 3,845 in 2021.
Hamlet
Vaimalō, is a village in the western district of Vavaʻu in .
Hamlet
Tu'anuku is a village on the western part of Vava'u, .
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Latitude
-18.6667° or 18° 40′ south
Longitude
-174° or 174° west
UN/LOCODE
TO VAV
Open location code
52H882M2+82
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Vava’u” goes by many names.
ቫቫውAmharic
فافاوArabic
VavauAzerbaijani
ভাভাউBengali
ВавауBulgarian
Grup Vava’uCatalan
Vava’uCatalan
Vava‘u GroupCebuano
Vava‘u IslandCebuano
瓦瓦乌群岛Chinese
瓦瓦烏群島Chinese
VavaʻuDanish
Vava’uDutch
Vava’uFinnish
Grupo Vava’uGalician
ვავაუს კუნძულებიGeorgian
ΒαβάουGreek
વાવાઉGujarati
VavauHausa
ואוואוHebrew
वावाउHindi
Vava’uIndonesian
Vava’uItalian
ヴァヴァウJapanese
ヴァヴァウ諸島Japanese
VavauJavanese
ವವಾವುKannada
ВавауKazakh
ВавауKirghiz
바바우 제도Korean
VavaʻuLatvian
Vava’uLithuanian
VavaʻuMalay
वावाऊMarathi
VavaʻuNorwegian
Vava’uNorwegian Bokmål
VavauOromo
ਵਾਵਾਉPanjabi
جزیره واوائوPersian
واوائوPersian
Vava’uPolish
ویواوPushto
ВавауRussian
Острова ВавауRussian
වවා ‘උSinhala
වවාඋ, ටොංගාSinhala
Vava’uSlovak
VavauSomali
VavauSwahili
Vava’uSwedish
ВавауTajik
வாவா ʻயுTamil
ВавауTatar
వావాయుTelugu
จังหวัดบูรูริThai
วาวาอูThai
Vava’uTurkish
Вава’уUkrainian
واواؤUrdu
VavauUzbek
VavaʻuVietnamese

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