Meneng
| Location Menengs | |
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| surface | |
| Rank (within Naurus) | 1 (of 14) |
| All in all | 3.1 km² |
| country | 3.1 km² |
| Water (%) | 0 |
| Residents | |
| Rank (within Naurus) | 2 (of 14) |
| Total status (2011) | 1,380 |
| density | 445 inhabitants / km² |
| geography | |
| Time zone | UTC +12 |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 32 '45 " S , 166 ° 56' 40" O |
| Highest position | approx. 45 m |
| Average location | approx. 25 m |
| Lowest position | approx. 0 m |
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Meneng (also Menen / Meneñ ) is a district of the island state of Nauru . It is located in the south of the island. Meneng is 3.1 km² and has 1380 inhabitants. It is bordered by Yaren to the west, Buada to the northwest, and Anibare to the northeast. Meneng belongs to the Meneng constituency of the same name .
In the east of this district is the Menen Hotel , the more expensive of the two tourist accommodations on the island ( there is a youth hostel in Aiwo ). Anibare Bay begins immediately north of the hotel . Ibwenape , named after the former name of a piece of land there, is located in the Meneng area. The Alsatian priest Alois Kayser had a Catholic church built on Ibwenape. Today, however, it is Protestant as the Meneng Congregational Church and belongs to the Nauru Congregational Church , the largest church in Nauru.
The Nauru Detention Center is now located on the site of the former State House , the now demolished residence of the President .
Other institutions in Meneng are:
- the telegram station
- the government printing office
- the Menen Infant (Meneng Preschool)
- the refugee camp ( Nauru Detention Center )
- the village of Ibwenape
- the Cape Menen
Personalities
- Paner Baguga (born 1980), Australian football player and tennis player
- Reanna Solomon (* 1981), weightlifter
Individual evidence
- ↑ Table 1: Population size and growth rate by district. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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. In: Republic of Nauru. Census 2011. National Report on Population and Housing. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
