Kiwai (island)
Kiwai | ||
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Satellite image with Kiwai | ||
Waters | Fly River | |
Archipelago | Fly River Delta Islands | |
Geographical location | 8 ° 33 ′ S , 143 ° 25 ′ E | |
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length | 59 km | |
width | 9 km | |
surface | 359.1 km² | |
Highest elevation | 9 m | |
Residents | 2092 (2000) 5.8 inhabitants / km² |
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main place | Iasa | |
Map of the Fly River Delta |
Kiwai is an inland island and the largest island in the Fly River Delta , Papua New Guinea . It is 59 km long from the village of Sepe on the northern tip to the village of Samari on the southern tip, up to nine kilometers wide, has a circumference of 135.3 km and an area of 359.1 km². A linguistic study indicated a population of 4500 for the island, but the 2000 census showed only 2,092 inhabitants. The neighboring islands of Purutu and Wabuda are also among the three largest islands in the Fly River Delta.
Kiwai divides the river into a north arm and a south arm. The island is heavily forested and is only a few meters above sea level.
The inhabitants of the river delta (including the Kiwai ) make a living from agriculture and hunting. Coconut palms, breadfruit trees, vegetable bananas, sago palms and sugar cane are cultivated.
Administratively, the island belongs to the Kiwai Rural LLG (Local Level Government area) of the South Fly District in the Western Province .
At the 2000 census, the population of 2,092 was distributed among eleven villages (a twelfth village was uninhabited) and two separate facilities along the coast:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
Census Unit Number |
Surname | Ward | households | Population male |
Population female |
population total |
Coordinates |
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002 | Agobaro | 11 Sagasia | 22nd | 62 | 63 | 125 | 8.6328 ° S , 143.6153 ° O |
009 | Ipisia | 11 Sagasia | 22nd | 83 | 73 | 156 | 8.6349 ° S , 143.6275 ° O |
016 | Sagasia | 11 Sagasia | 21st | 89 | 78 | 167 | 8.6142 ° S , 143.5788 ° O |
023 | Wapaura | 11 Sagasia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5757 ° S , 143.5341 ° O |
020 | Sepe | 17 Sepe | 17th | 56 | 48 | 104 | 8.4099 ° S , 143.1947 ° O |
030 | Auti | 17 Sepe | 18th | 60 | 63 | 123 | 8.4598 ° S , 143.2269 ° O |
008 | Iasa | 18 Samari | 28 | 103 | 121 | 224 | 8.6255 ° S , 143.5041 ° O |
015 | Oromosapuo | 18 Samari | 27 | 103 | 105 | 208 | 8.6488 ° S , 143.6386 ° O |
018 | Samari | 18 Samari | 38 | 143 | 159 | 302 | 8.7007 ° S , 143.6153 ° O |
019 | Samari Community School | 18 Samari | 3 | 9 | 15th | 24 | 8,712 ° S , 143.6266 ° O |
020 | Samari Health Center | 18 Samari | 1 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 8,712 ° S , 143.6148 ° O |
027 | Saguans | 18 Samari | 1 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 8.6623 ° S , 143.5882 ° O |
012 | Kubira | 23 U'Uwo | 35 | 107 | 113 | 220 | 8.5397 ° S , 143.3709 ° O |
022 | U'Uwo | 23 U'Uwo | 36 | 223 | 206 | 429 | 8.4704 ° S , 143.3229 ° O |
The largest village, Uʻuwo with 429 inhabitants, is located on the north coast. The second largest village, Samari, is located on the southern tip of the island.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://islands.unep.ch/IHD.htm#848 .
- ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kjd .
- ↑ Papua New Guinea WWWVL in Maps ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ PDF at permanent.access.gpo.gov .
literature
- James Chalmers: Notes on the Natives of Kiwai Island, Fly River, British New Guinea. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 33, (Jan.-Jun., 1903), pp. 117-124
- Alfred C. Haddon: Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Vol. 1 General Ethnography (1935) , pp. 210–236 ( The Kiwaians )
- Gunnar Landtman : The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea; a nature-born Instance of Rousseau's ideal Community, Macmillan and Co (London, 1927)