Nonouti

Nonouti
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Gilbert Islands
Geographical location	0 ° 41 ′  S , 174 ° 23 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 41 ′  S , 174 ° 23 ′  E
Number of islands	8th
Main island	Matang
length	36.72 km
width	15 km
Land area	19.85 km²
Lagoon area	420 km²
Highest elevation	3  m
Residents	2743 (2015)
Nonouti is one of the central atolls of the Gilbert Islands, just below the equator

Nonouti ( Kiribati pronunciation: [ ˈnonɔus ]) is an atoll in the southern part of the Pacific archipelago of the Gilbert Islands near the equator and administrative district of the state of Kiribati . It is 38 km north of Tabiteuea and about 250 km south of the main atoll of Tarawa . The name Nonouti means “to get up early to go fishing”, the locals call themselves I-Nonouti .

geography

The atoll looks like a sloping oval, the long axis of which runs from northwest to southeast. The islands of this atoll are on the eastern side. On the northwest side of the atoll is the island of Noumatong , which is under special protection as a bird reserve. With a length of 35 km and a width of 15 km, the atoll is the third largest in the group of Gilbert Islands.

population

Population development

Population development for the years 1947–2015

census	1947	1963	1968	1973	1978	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
total	2004	2229	2408	2223	2284	2930	2814	3042	3176	3179	2683	2743

history

The atoll has the largest meeting house ( maneaba ) in Kiribati in Taboiaki village . This is also where the first Catholic mission station was founded in the 1880s.

After the British colonial period, Nonouti formed the Central Gilbert Islands administrative district with Aranuka , Kuria , Maiana and Abemama .

Modern times and infrastructure

The administrative center of the atoll is located in Matang on the largest island in the atoll. The former President of Kiribati, Ieremia Tabai is from Nonouti. A Nonouti Island Council regulates local issues .

Nonouti sends two members of parliament to the Maneaba ni Maungatabu parliament in South Tarawa , and Ieremia Tabai and Waysang Mosi Kumkee were elected for the 10th parliament 2011–2015 .

There are seven elementary schools on Nonuti, as well as a middle school and the private George Eastman High School , which is funded by the Kiribati Protestant Church.

The island can be reached by plane via the Nonouti airfield .

Web links

Commons : Nonouti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nonouti Island Report 2012. Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series: 11. Nonouti. Office of the Beretitenti.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2015 Population and Housing Census. Volume 1: Management Report and Basic Tables. [Accessed December 10, 2017; English].
2. ↑ 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. 120. Retrieved January 15, 2014. 
3. ↑ ^{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. 
4. ↑ Members of the 10th Parliament 2011–2015 ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2012 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. . Retrieved January 15, 2014.