Makin (archipelago)

Makin
ISS picture by Makin
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Gilbert Islands
Geographical location	3 ° 20 ′  N , 172 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 20 ′  N , 172 ° 59 ′  E
Number of islands	6th
Main island	Makin
length	13 km
width	2 km
Land area	7.86 km²
Lagoon area	34 ha
Residents	1798 (2010)
Map of Makin

Makin (formerly Pitt's Island ) is a group of islands in the Gilbert Islands archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean . Politically, it belongs to the island nation of Kiribati . Since the neighboring atoll Butaritari was also called "Makin" earlier, the archipelago was also called "Little Makin" ( Makin Meang ) to distinguish it.

geography

Makin is located about 7 km northeast of Butaritari in the north of the Gilbert Islands and thus forms their northernmost land mass. However, it does not represent the northernmost land mass of Kiribati, as Teraina and Tabuaeran in the Line Islands are even further north. Makin consists of two inhabited and four uninhabited islands on a rectilinear coral reef that stretches from north to south for a length of 13 km. The islands are (from north to south):

island	Hectares	2010 census	Remarks
Bikini egg egg	3.2		north of Makin
Makin	623.8	1364	Main island with the main town Makin and the airfield
Aonbike	12.5
Tebua Tarawa	2.0
Kiebu	98.0	434	with the village of Kiebu Village
Onne	46.9
Makin (archipelago)	786.4	1798
lagoon	34.3		main island open lagoon

All islands together have a land mass of 7.86 km². Makin has 1798 inhabitants (as of 2010), who are spread over the two villages Makin and Kiebu Village. The village of Makin is the largest village in the Gilbert Islands outside the capital city of Tarawa . The islands can be reached from the air via Makin Airport ( ICAO code NGMN, IATA code MTK).

Population development

Population development for the years 1947–2010

census	1947	1963	1968	1973	1978	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
total	969	1292	1387	1445	1419	1777	1762	1830	1691	2385	1798

Web links

Commons : Makin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Makin Island Report 2012. Office of the Beretitenti, Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series: 1. Makin. Accessed January 13, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, p. 31. ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016. 
2. ^ Republic of Kiribati: Report on the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Basic Information and Tables, Appendix 5 List of Kiribati Land Areas, Bairiki 1980, p. 180.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, p. 34. ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.6 MB). Retrieved November 12, 2016. 
4. ↑ Kiribati: 2005 Census. Vol. 2: Analytical Report. 2007 ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Final Report, p. 118. Retrieved April 17, 2010 (English)