Asau (Tuvalu)

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Asau
Asau (Tuvalu)
Asau
Asau
Coordinates 7 ° 29 ′  S , 178 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 7 ° 29 ′  S , 178 ° 41 ′  E
location
Basic data
Country Tuvalu

Administrative district

Vaitupu
ISO 3166-2 TV VAI
height 9 m
Residents 502 (2012)

Asau is the administrative seat and capital of Vaitupu in the Pacific island state of Tuvalu . It is the only village on the nine-island atoll. Asau is located in the southwest of the main island and has 502 inhabitants (as of 2012).

Asau is divided into the quarters Asau in the south and Tumaseu in the north. The place has a hospital, church, sports field, elementary school, secondary school ( Motufoua Secondary School ) and post office.

A Mars crater is named after Asau ( see also list of Mars craters / A ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tuvalu Online GIS. Tuvalu Central Statistics Office, January 2015, accessed January 8, 2015 .
  2. ^ Map of Vaitupu. , JaneResture.com, date unknown retrieved August 21, 2014