Nukunonu
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Tokelau | |
| Geographical location | 9 ° 11 ′ S , 171 ° 49 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 24 | |
| Main island | Nukunonu Island | |
| Land area | 4.7 km² | |
| Lagoon area | 98 km² | |
| Residents | 452 (2016) | |
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Nukunonu (formerly Duke of Clarence's Island ) is an atoll in the Pacific , which forms the group of Tokelau Islands with the other two atolls Fakaofo and Atafu . The Tokelau Islands are a New Zealand- dependent area in the southern Pacific .
geography
Nuku means the land in Tokelau , Nonu is the name of a tree with edible berries that is native to the islands. According to the 2016 census, Nukunonu officially has 452 residents, but only 385 of them were present at the time of the census. The overwhelming majority (81.8%) of them professed the Roman Catholic Church , a significant decrease compared to 2006, when almost 97% of the population still belonged to this religious community.
Nukunonu is the central and largest of the three atolls of Tokelau; it is roughly halfway between Atafu and Fakaofo. Nukunonu has a total area of over 100 km², 98 km² of which alone is accounted for by the large lagoon of the atoll. The land area of only 4.7 km² is made up of the 24 atoll islands ( Motus ) around the central lagoon .
history
Captain Edward Edwards was in the Pacific with the British ship HMS Pandora on an extensive search for the mutineers of the Bounty . After finding some of the mutineers on the Society Islands , he went in search of the Duke of York's Island (now Atafu ), discovered by Commodore John Byron in 1765 and found on June 6, 1791.
Another lagoon island was discovered on June 12, 1791. When people were sighted on it, a party was sent out, but found the island deserted because the locals had meanwhile left it from the other side in canoes. Edwards called her the Duke of Clarence's Island .
Between 1856 and 1979, the US made claims on Nukunonu and the other Tokelau Islands. In 1979 the US confirmed New Zealand ownership. A common maritime border was established between Tokelau and American Samoa .
Web links
- Nukunonu - One of the Tokelau Islands. Official website of the Nukunonu Municipality (English and Tokelau).
- Nukunonu Island, Tokelau. Map and historical information. In: Jane's Tokelau Islands Home Page. Jane Resture (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nukunonu atoll profile: 2016 Tokelau Census of Population and Dwellings. (PDF 831 kB) In: tokelau.org.nz. Government of Tokelau - Tokelau National Statistics Office, March 13, 2017, p. 8 , accessed September 11, 2017 (2016 census data).
- ^ Profile of Tokelau: 2016 Tokelau Census of Population and Dwellings. (PDF 2.4 MB) Religion maintains importance. In: tokelau.org.nz. Government of Tokelau - Tokelau National Statistics Office, May 2, 2017, p. 28 , accessed September 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Foua Toloa, Robert Gillett, Mose Pelasio: Traditional marine conservation in Tokelau: Can it be adapted to meet today's situation? Ed .: South Pacific Commission. August 1, 1991, Introduction, pp. 2 (English, online [PDF; 1.4 MB ; accessed on May 5, 2019]).
- ^ Pandora - Capt. Edwards' Report from Batavia, Nov 25, 1791 - Part 2 . Fateful Voyage , archived from the original on October 6, 2010 ; accessed on May 5, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
