Abemama

Abemama
	Satellite image of the Abemama Atoll, post-processed
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Gilbert Islands
Geographical location	0 ° 24 ' N , 173 ° 53' E Coordinates: 0 ° 24 ' N , 173 ° 53' E
Number of islands	5
Main island	Teriki-Kariatebike
Land area	27.37
Lagoon area	132.4
Residents	3213 (2010)
	Abemama outline map
	View from the plane

Abemama is one of the central Gilbert Islands, north of the equator

Abemama (also known by the names Apemama , Abamama , Apamama , Dundas , Hopper Island , Roger Simpson Island or Simpson Island ) is an atoll in the center of the Gilbert Islands archipelago that make up the state of Kiribati . The atoll is about 150 km southeast of the capital atoll Tarawa just north of the equator .

The village of Kariatebike serves as the government center of the atoll with administrative buildings, a police station and a hospital.

geography

The land area of the atoll is 27.37 km², while the lagoon is 132.4 km². It has a population of 3,213 in 13 settlements , according to the 2010 census . The islands of the atoll enclose a deep, 152.49 km² large lagoon.

The islands in the eastern part of the atoll are connected with jetties and bridges so that you can get from one island to the next by car. The somewhat remote islands of Abatiku and Bike , also called Biike in the more recent spelling , are located on the south-western side of the atoll.

Islands and island sections

Island (section)	Area m²	Villages
Teriki-Kariatebike	15,483,744	Tabiang, Tekatirirake, Tanimainiku, Kauma, Baretoa, Tabontebike, Kariatebike
Temarama-Tabonaekana	4,764,570	Bangotantekabalau, Tebanga
Manoku Kabangaki	4,603,182	Manoku, Kabangaki
Kenna	790.159	-
Bike	351.732	Bike
Abatiku	2,945,429	Abatiku
total	28,938,816	13 inhabited villages

population

Demographic statistics

Settlements and population numbers
census	1978	2005	2010
Tabiang	520	591	487
Tekatirirake	333	486	182
Tanimainiku	-	-	250
Hardly	20th	172	74
Karekentekabaia	74	-	-
Baretoa	194	310	387
Tabontebike	99	305	380
Binoinano	231	-	-
Kariatebike	-	140	505
Bangotantekabaia	-	336	79
Tebanga	376	246	62
Manoku	158	247	170
Kabangaki	-	363	474
Bike / Biike (1978 with Kabangaki)	215	17th	13
Abatiku	191	191	150
total	2411	3404	3213

Population development

Abemama: Population development for the years 1931–2010
	1931	1947	1963	1968	1973	1978	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
total	893	1174	2060	2126	2300	2411	2966	3218	3442	3142	3404	3213

history

Abemama became known through the declaration of the British Protectorate by Captain Davis from the ship Royalist on May 27, 1892. In 1889 Robert Louis Stevenson lived here. Near the place Tabontebike is the grave of the tyrant ruler Tem Binoka (also in the spelling Tembinok '), who became famous through Stevenson's novella In the South Seas .

During the Second World War, Abemama was under Japanese occupation and was liberated by the Americans in the Pacific War in 1943 .

After the Second World War, Abemama stood next to Tarawa as the new administrative center of the colony, but because of the better port conditions, the choice fell on South Tarawa .

Modern times

The local administrative authority is the Island Council .

Abemama sends two members of parliament to the Maneaba ni Maungatabu parliament in South Tarawa : in addition to the politician Tiarite Tioti Kwong , the atoll inhabitants who call themselves I-Abemama are also represented by Willie Tokataake .

traffic

Abemama airfield is located in the north of the island, near the town of Tabiang . The state-owned Air Kiribati flies to Abemama from Bonriki International Airport in South Tarawa .

literature

Ernest Sabatier : Le Poème de l'île Apemama du Pacifique, îles Gilbert. Préface de Serge Barrault. G. Enault, Paris 1929.
Ray Watters, Kabiritaake Banibati: Abemama report. In: Rural socio-economic change in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Team report. Gilbert Islands Government, May 1979.

Web links

Commons : Abemama - collection of images, videos and audio files

Abemama Island Report 2012. Office of the Beretitenti, Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series: 8. Abemama. (PDF; 837 kB). Accessed January 13, 2014
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abemama Atoll (English)
Abemama ( memento of September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on oceandots.com
Abemama janeresture.com. Historical facts. Retrieved April 20, 2010
Declaration of protectorate by Captain Davis . (Retrieved April 20, 2010)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, p. 31 ( Memento from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016.

^ Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, p. 224. ( Memento from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016.

↑ Wolf Forstreuter and Taato Murdoch: Technical Note - Land cover type mapping utilizing pan-sharpened QuickBird and multi-spectral IKONOS images, Abemama, Kiribati 2011 ( Memento of October 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (= SPC SOPAC Division Published Report 48; PDF; 2 MB)

^ Report of the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Republic of Kiribati 1980, Vol. 1, p. 9 (date of independence).

↑ Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing. Provisional tables. Retrieved March 29, 2010 (English).

^ Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, pp. 42-43. ( Memento of November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016.

^ Henry Evans Maude : Report on the 1931 Census of the Gilbert, Ellice and Phoenix Islands. Western Pacific High Commission , Suva 1932. Information for 1931 also in: Rural socio-economic change in the Gilbert and Ellice islands. 1979, p. 19.

↑ Kiribati: 2005 Census. Vol. 2: Analytical Report. 2007 ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The 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. Final Report, p. 114 (for 1947-2005). Retrieved April 17, 2010. @1@ 2

^ Members of the 10th Parliament 2011–2015 ( Memento of March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 13, 2014.

[Census_2010,31-1] Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, p. 31 ( Memento from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016.

[Census_2010,224-2] Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, p. 224. ( Memento from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016.

[3] Wolf Forstreuter and Taato Murdoch: Technical Note - Land cover type mapping utilizing pan-sharpened QuickBird and multi-spectral IKONOS images, Abemama, Kiribati 2011 ( Memento of October 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (= SPC SOPAC Division Published Report 48; PDF; 2 MB)

[4] Report of the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Republic of Kiribati 1980, Vol. 1, p. 9 (date of independence).

[5] Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing. Provisional tables. Retrieved March 29, 2010 (English).

[Census_2010,42-6] Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, pp. 42-43. ( Memento of November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016.

[7] Henry Evans Maude : Report on the 1931 Census of the Gilbert, Ellice and Phoenix Islands. Western Pacific High Commission , Suva 1932. Information for 1931 also in: Rural socio-economic change in the Gilbert and Ellice islands. 1979, p. 19.