North Tarawa
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Gilbert Islands | |
| Geographical location | 1 ° 27 ′ N , 173 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | > 10 | |
| Main island | Buota | |
| length | 35.54 km | |
| width | 0.27 to 1.73 km | |
| Land area | 15.26 km² | |
| Lagoon area | 533.91 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 3 m | |
| Residents | 6629 (2015) | |
North Tarawa , including Tarawa Ieta (North Tarawa, formerly Cook Iceland ), in the Republic of Kiribati , is the northeastern just island chain, which together with South Tarawa , the atoll Tarawa forms. North Tarawa is an independent administrative district governed by the Eutan Tarawa Council (ETC) based in Abaokoro. The population is 6629 inhabitants (as of 2015), who are spread over 14 settlements, the population density is 400 inhabitants per km².
geography
The total area is 15.26 km². North Tarawa extends from the northernmost point Naa above the main town Buariki to Buota in the south and extends over a length of 35.54 km. The greatest width is 1.73 km in Buariki, the narrowest point 270 meters at Tearinibai. North and South Tarawa form an L directed to the left, which delimits an approximately 534 km² large lagoon on two sides.
population
Demographic statistics
| census | Area in km² |
1978 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
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| Buariki | 0.65 | 375 | 533 | 597 | 703 | 752 |
| Tearinibai | 0.52 | 215 | 221 | 317 | 297 | 277 |
| Nuatabu | 0.15 | 146 | 183 | 199 | 197 | 249 |
| Tebwangaroi / Tebuangaroi | 0.27 | 26th | 34 | 34 | 40 | 19 |
| Taratai | 0.28 | 202 | 179 | 203 | 151 | 192 |
| Nooto (formerly Ereti Bou / Noutue) | 0.49 | 207 | 699 | 845 | 814 | 891 |
| Abaokoro | 0.26 | 165 | 248 | 294 | 262 | 290 |
| Marenanuka | 0.17 | 54 | 70 | 71 | 101 | 161 |
| Tabonibara | 0.10 | 103 | 227 | 300 | 363 | 310 |
| Kainaba | 0.06 | 130 | 149 | 219 | 266 | 299 |
| Nabeina | 0.10 | 170 | 297 | 414 | 435 | 442 |
| Tabiteuea | 0.33 | 136 | 342 | 391 | 505 | 523 |
| Abatao | 0.25 | 25th | 379 | 421 | 499 | 468 |
| Buota | 0.48 | 218 | 916 | 1373 | 1469 | 1756 |
| uninhabited land area | 11.25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| total | 15.26 | 2227 | 4477 | 5678 | 6102 | 6629 |
Population development
| census | 1947 | 1963 | 1968 | 1973 | 1978 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
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| total | 1911 | 1813 | 2026 | 2268 | 2227 | 3205 | 3648 | 4004 | 4477 | 5678 | 6102 |
Modern times and infrastructure
An island council, the Eutan Tarawa Council (ETC), is responsible for local matters . North Tarawa sends three members of parliament to the Maneaba ni Maungatabu parliament in South Tarawa , and Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa , Boutu Bateriki and Inatio Tanentoa were elected to the 10th parliament 2011–2015 .
The largest structures are the church buildings, the traditional local meeting houses, the maneabas , and the Immaculate Heart College and JSS College schools . North Tarawa has ten elementary schools, a three-year middle school Eutan Tarawaieta Junior Secondary School (JSS), and in Taborio a high school Immaculate Heart College (Senior High School).
The land route is complicated by numerous canals between the lagoon and the ocean. Many of them can be crossed on foot at low tide. There are dams between several islands, plus a bridge between Abaokoro and Marenanuka and the important connecting bridge to South Tarawa between Buota and Tanaea. Speedboat ferries run from Betio across the lagoon to Buariki and Buota.
literature
- Edwin Doran, Jr .: Report on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. (= Atoll Research Bulletin. No.72, October 15, 1960) (PDF; 2.1 MB)
- North Tarawa Social and Economic Report 2008. Part 1, pp. 1-40
- North Tarawa Social and Economic Report 2008. Part 2, pp. 41-82.
Web links
- North Tarawa Island Report 2012. Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series: 5. North Tarawa. Office of the Beretitenti
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Population and No of Households by Island: 2010, 2015. Population and Housing Census, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ North Tarawa 2008 Socio-Economic Profile, p. 19, Table 1: North Tarawa Population Density by village (2000 and 2005).
- ^ Report of the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Republic of Kiribati 1980, Volume 1, p. 10.
- ↑ Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing. Provisional tables. Retrieved March 29, 2010 (English).
- ^ Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Volume 1. Bairiki, August 2012, pp. 38-39. ( 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.
- ↑ 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)
- ^ 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.
- ↑ 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 18, 2014.
