Avatele

Avatele
State :	Niue
Tribal area:	Tafiti (south)
Village :	Avatele
Avatele Beach
Basic data
Residents :	143 (2017)
Area :	13.99 km²
Population density :	10.2 inhabitants / km²
Others
Representatives in Parliament:	Billy Graham Talagi
Geographical location
Coordinates :	19 ° 7 ′  S , 169 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 7 ′  S , 169 ° 55 ′  W
Location of Avatele on Niue: Avatele

Avatele is one of the fourteen villages on the Pacific island of Niue . The island has been linked to New Zealand by an association agreement since 1974 . At the 2017 census, Avatele had 143 inhabitants. As Avatele has one of the few beaches on the island, it is a popular destination for tourists.

history

On June 20, 1774, James Cook tried to go ashore in Avatele Bay. But this third attempt to set foot on the island also failed because the islanders were hostile. Then Cook named the island "Savage Island" (Island of the Wild). No other foreign ship landed on Niue in the next half century.

In 1846, Samoa missionaries from the London Missionary Society began to Christianize the island . A Christian church was consecrated in Avatele in 1854.

In Avatele - as in many other regions of Polynesia - there is a memorial that commemorates the fallen soldiers in the First and Second World Wars .

climate

Avatele
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     177   29 24     182   29 24     184   29 24     158   29 23     106   27 22nd     66   26th 21st     76   26th 20th     69   26th 20th     78   26th 21st     106   27 22nd     156   28 23     146   29 23 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Climate table on wetter24.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Avatele Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29 29 29 29 27 26th 26th 26th 26th 27 28 29 O 27.6 Min. Temperature (° C) 24 24 24 23 22nd 21st 20th 20th 21st 22nd 23 23 O 22.2 Temperature (° C) 26.5 26.5 26.5 26th 24.5 23.5 23 23 23.5 24.5 25.5 26th O 24.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 177 182 184 158 106 66 76 69 78 106 156 146 Σ 1,504 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.6 5.7 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.5 5.3 5.9 6.7 5.7 5.4 5.3 O 5.4 Rainy days ( d ) 24 22nd 25th 23 21st 21st 19th 19th 19th 21st 21st 24 Σ 259 N i e d e r s c h l a g 177 182 184 158 106 66 76 69 78 106 156 146   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Climate table on wetter24.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fanuma Sioneholo u. a .: Niue Household and Population Census 2017 . Ed .: Statistics and Immigration office. Government of Niue - Ministry of Finance and Planning, 2019, Chapter 1: Population structure - 1.2 Population composition, p. 5 , Table 1.3: Resident population and absentees by village, 2011 and 2017 (English, download link on niue.prism.spc.int [PDF; 3.0 MB ; accessed on May 16, 2020]).
2. ^ ^{A b} Floor Anthoni: A short history of Niue. Timeline. In: Niue Island. seafriends.org.nz, 2004, accessed on October 15, 2017 . 
3. ^ Niue - Photos - History. A short history of Niue. In: OzOutback - Images of the World. Ludo Kuipers, accessed October 15, 2017 .