Buariki (Aranuka)

Buariki (Aranuka)
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Aranuka - great
Geographical location	0 ° 9 '18 "  N , 173 ° 38' 15"  E Coordinates: 0 ° 9 '18 "  N , 173 ° 38' 15"  E
length	9.8 km
width	1.3 km
surface	6.189 km²
Residents	883 (2005) 143 inhabitants / km²
main place	Buariki
This Buariki belongs to the central Gilbert Islands, just above the equator

Buariki is the largest island of the Aranuka - atoll that the Gilbert Islands in the Republic of Kiribati belongs. The island forms the eastern side of the atoll , which is roughly triangular in plan .

Settlements

In Kuria Atoll, northwest of Aranuka, there is also an island and a place of the same name with this name. The eponymous name originated from the settlement of clans of Kiribatians living on Tarawa , who had already founded a Burariki in northern Tarawa after the first wave of immigration, which was important for the history of Kiribati .

Places with population numbers

census	1978	2005
Buariki	441	509
Baurua (Tebakota)	121	329
total	562	883

traffic

The Aranuka Airport is located at the northern end of the island about one kilometer north of the village Buariki.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report of the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Republic of Kiribati 1980, Vol. 1, p. 10
2. ↑ Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing. Provisional Tables (Accessed March 29, 2010)