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
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, and a public school. There are also
elementary school
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s in
Jaluit motu and
Iemej. Jaluit High School is a
boarding school
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that serves students from Jaluit Atoll and the southern atolls of
Ebon,
Ailinglaplap,
Namu,
Kili,
Namdrik and
Jabat.
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Jaluit Airport is served by
Air Marshall Islands
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.
Jaluit_Atoll_1978.jpg, Oblique aerial photo of 1978, from north
Jaluit_Atoll_map_Kraemer1896_204.jpg, German 1906 map of Jaluit Atoll, with map inset of Jabor
References
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Jaluit Atoll
Populated places in the Marshall Islands