Hiyle
in Torba Province, Vanuatu
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Mota Lava Airport (5 mi) - Sola Airport (13 mi)
- Gaua Island Airport (36 mi)
- Torres Airstrip (73 mi)
- Naone Airport (94 mi)
- North West Santo Airport (110 mi)
- Longana Airport (113 mi)
- Walaha Airport (118 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -13.700 and 167.650 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -13° 41' 59" and E 167° 38' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Vatu - VUV
- Spoken languages:
- Bislama, English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:14 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Efate
- UTC/GMT offset: 11 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:11 am and 5:56 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 13.700 and -12.308 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Tourekounda - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Vanuatu.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Vanuatu. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Hiyle
Hiyle in Torba Province is a city located in Vanuatu about 282 mi (or 454 km) north of Port Vila, the country's capital town.
Current time in Hiyle is now 10:14 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Efate with an UTC offset of 11 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Hiyle. The closest airport in Vanuatu is Mota Lava Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sola, Saratamata, Luganville, Lakatoro and Lata. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Videos from this area
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St Andrew's Festival, Custom fishing @ Rah island, Banks Island, Vanuatu vol 1
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St Andrew's Festival, Custom fishing @ Rah island, Banks Island, Vanuatu vol 6
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Mota Lava
Mota Lava or Motalava is the fourth largest island in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu, after Gaua, Vanua Lava and Ureparapara, with an area of 24 km . It is the largest and highest of the eastern chain of islands. 270 meters off its southern coast, attached by high corals that one can wade through at low tide, is the islet of Ra, with an area of 0.5 km . The 2009 census figures give a population of 1640 inhabitants (Mota Lava + Ra), yielding a population density of 67 per km².
Ra (island)
Ra (sometimes wrongly spelled Rah) is a small coral islet of 0.5 km, located in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu. The same name also refers to the single village which is situated within this islet. The islet of Ra is situated off the larger island of Mota Lava. Access to Ra is done in two ways: at low tide, by wading across the narrow strait from the mainland; at high tide, by outrigger canoe.
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