Naroi

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Naroi
Naroi (Fiji)
Naroi
Naroi
Coordinates 18 ° 36 ′  S , 179 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 18 ° 36 ′  S , 179 ° 53 ′  E
Basic data
Country Fiji

division

Eastern
province Lau Islands
District Moala
Residents 550

Naroi is the capital of the Fijian island of Moala . Naroi is located in the northeast of the island, where the Moala Airport (IATA code: MFJ ) is also located.

Population development

  • 1921: 240
  • 1936: 194 (and 60 in the newly founded neighboring town of Namoala)
  • 1946: 245 (49)
  • 1955: 340 (Namoala had fallen desolately, the inhabitants had returned to Naroi)

literature

  • Marshall Sahlins : Moala. Culture and Nature on a Fijian Island. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1962.

Individual evidence

  1. Sahlins 1962, p. 67