Anabar (District)

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Location of Anabars
Yaren Meneng Boe Aiwo Denigomodu Nibok Uaboe Baiti Ewa Anetan Anabar Ijuw Buada AnibareLocation of Anabar in Nauru
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surface
Rank (within Naurus) 5 (of 14)
All in all 1.5 km²
Residents
Rank (within Naurus) 10 (of 14)
Total status (2011) 452
density 301 inhabitants / km²
geography
Time zone UTC +12
Geographical location 0 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 0 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
width approx. 0.1-1.2 km
length approx. 0.1-1.4 km
Highest position approx. 40 m
Average location approx. 25 m
Lowest position approx. 0 m
politics
MPs Riddell Akua
Ludwig Scotty
Map of Anabar

Anabar is a district of the island state of Nauru , in the northeast of the island. It borders on Ewa and Baiti in the southwest, Anetan in the west, Ijuw in the southeast and Anibare in the south. It is 1.5 km² and has 452 inhabitants. There is a Protestant chapel. Anabar is part of the Anabar constituency of the same name .

Anabar takes its name from the village of the same name, Anabar ; according to Paul Hambruch it means “little earth” or “hard as stone”, which is due to the little fertile coastal zone there.

Historic villages

Until 1968 , today's Anabar district was a district , which consisted of 15 historical villages.

Personalities

  • Ludwig Scotty (* 1948), politician and two-time President Naurus

Individual evidence

  1. Table 1: Population size and growth rate by district. ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Republic of Nauru. Census 2011. National Report on Population and Housing. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015.