Jabor (Marshall Islands)
Jabor is a Marshallese town located in Jaluit Atoll.
The population of Jabor is 569. Jabor features a small hotel, small stores that sell staple foods, and a gasoline station. Jabor is a base for commercial and sports fishing, where motorboats can be rented.
Amata Kabua (first president of Marshall Islands) was born in Jabor.
Jabor has two elementary schools: St. Josephs, attached to the Catholic Church, and a public school. There are also elementary schools in Jaluit motu and Iemej. Jaluit High School is a boarding school that serves students from Jaluit Atoll and the southern atolls of Ebon, Ailinglaplap, Namu, Kili, Namdrik and Jabat.[1]
Jaluit Airport is served by Air Marshall Islands.
Oblique aerial photo of 1978, from north
German 1906 map of Jaluit Atoll, with map inset of Jabor
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