Buariki (Aranuka)
Buariki (Aranuka) | ||
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Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Aranuka - great | |
Geographical location | 0 ° 9 '18 " N , 173 ° 38' 15" E | |
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length | 9.8 km | |
width | 1.3 km | |
surface | 6.189 km² | |
Residents | 883 (2005) 143 inhabitants / km² |
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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 .
census | 1978 | 2005 |
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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
- ^ Report of the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Republic of Kiribati 1980, Vol. 1, p. 10
- ↑ Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing. Provisional Tables (Accessed March 29, 2010)