Ngaramash

Ngaramasch (also: Ngeremasch , Japanese ゲ レ マ ッ シ ュ , formerly: Saipan Town , Jimusho , Saipon , Sipon , Yubinkyoku ) is a village in the west of the administrative state of Angaur (i.e. an administrative area ) and its administrative seat. The place is on the west coast of the island of Angaur in the island state of Palau in the Pacific .

geography

Ngaramasch is located on the west coast of the island at Angaur Harbor , right next to the runway of the Angaur airfield in the east. The beaches Ngedloch and Elechol ra Ngedloch extend to the south . There is a ferry connection to Koror . In 2009 the population was given as 135 people.

history

During the Second World War , the Battle of Angaur (September 17-30, 1944) was fought around Ngaramasch, as in all of Angaur .

religion

In the southeast of the settlement there is the Catholic Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ngaramasch .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wheatley 2011. 256.
2. ↑ Hollywood 2006: 100.
3. ↑ geonames.org .
4. ↑ pw.geoview.info.

literature

• Bruce P. Wheatley: Ethnophoresy of longtailed macaques. In: Agustín Fuentes: Monkeys on the Edge: Ecology and Management of Long-Tailed Macaques and their Interface with Humans. Cambridge University Press 2011. ISBN 9781139500418
• Mike Hollywood: Papa Mike's Palau Islands Handbook. iUniverse 2006: 90-97. ISBN 9780595376070
• Ngaramsch (Palau) at tageo.com
• Republic of Palau Adventure and Dive Guide. Guide to the undisputed Best Diving in the World. Franko Maps Ltd. 2016.

Coordinates: 6 ° 54 '5 "  N , 134 ° 7' 45"  E