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Daru

capital city of Western Province, Papua New Guinea
City city Q499375

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
city
Inception
1884[5]
Country
Papua New Guinea[2]
Part of
Torres Strait Islands[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -9.083°, 143.200°
Capital of
Western Province[8]
Area
+9.5[11]
Elevation above sea level
+3[10]
Length
+3.3[9]
Located in or next to body of water
Pacific Ocean[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Fly District[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Daru Island[6]
Population
+12879[7]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 12,879 GeoNames 15,214 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Width
+2.9[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Daru ar ريف دارو fa دارو (شهر) ja ダル ko 다루 ro Daru (Papua Noua Guinee) ru Дару zh 達魯
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Daru Island (Landsat).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
5154c2ab-3d9a-4d78-a34b-c71b573fed99
De Agostini ID
Daru
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Daru-Papua-New-Guinea
Freebase ID
/m/060__l
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2187284
GeoNames ID
2098329
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1099449
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
daru
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0510449
SNARC ID
Schwäbisch Gmünd
UN/LOCODE
PGDAU
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Who's on First ID
890444207

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Capital of 1
Western Province
Contained subdivisions 1
Daru Airport
Country 1
Papua New Guinea
Instance of 1
city
Located in or next to body of water 1
Pacific Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
South Fly District
Located in/on physical feature 1
Daru Island
Named after 1
Daru Airport
Part of 1
Torres Strait Islands
SNARC ID 1
Schwäbisch Gmünd
← Capital 1
Western Province
← Place served by transport hub 1
Daru Airport
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Daru include Daru Airport[13], an airport[14], in Papua New Guinea[15].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Daru include Daru Airport[13], an airport[14], in Papua New Guinea[15].

Related Entities

city Papua New Guinea

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 16w ago · ~2026-29623-67 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Daru (Papua New Guinea)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Daru (Papua New Guinea)"
  2. 24w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Page banner → Daru banner.jpg
    Elevation above sea level → —
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → place/Daru-Papua-New-Guinea
    + 54 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Daru, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779096159559"
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