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Leluh
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Leluh

Ruins · Federated States of Micronesia

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
5.332, 163.025
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: Лелух или Лелу — археологический памятник на острове Лелу в Федеративных Штатах Микронезии.

History

Leluh is a major prehistoric and historic archaeological site, encompassing the remains of a city on Lelu Island, a satellite of the larger island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. The remains are those of a civilization that peaked around the 14th and 15th centuries, with elements still visible at the time of European contact in the early 19th century.

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