Boe (district)

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Location Boes
Yaren Meneng Boe Aiwo Denigomodu Nibok Uaboe Baiti Ewa Anetan Anabar Ijuw Buada AnibareLocation of Boe in Nauru
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surface
Rank (within Naurus) 14 (of 14)
All in all 0.5 km²
country 0.5 km²
Water (%) 0
Residents
Rank (within Naurus) 4 (of 14)
Total status (2011) 851
density 1,702 inhabitants / km²
geography
Time zone UTC +12
Geographical location 0 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 0 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  E
width approx. 1.0 km
length approx. 0.5 km
Highest position approx. 50 m
Average location approx. 15 m
Lowest position approx. 0 m
Map of Boe

Boe is a district of the island state of Nauru in the southwest of the island. With 0.5 km² it is the smallest district (slightly larger than Vatican City ), but still has 851 inhabitants. It borders Aiwo in the north, Buada in the northeast and Yaren in the southeast. Boe belongs to the constituency of the same name Boe .

According to Paul Hambruch, Boe means “ leeward ”.

Historic villages

Until 1968, today's Boe district was a district , which consisted of four historic villages.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. Table 1: Population size and growth rate by district. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spc.int archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Republic of Nauru. Census 2011. National Report on Population and Housing. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015.