Tamana (island)
Tamana | ||
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Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Gilbert Islands | |
Geographical location | 2 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 175 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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length | 5 km | |
width | 1.1 km | |
surface | 4.5 km² | |
Residents | 951 (2010) 211 inhabitants / km² |
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main place | Bakaka |
Tamana is the smallest island in the Pacific archipelago of the Gilbert Islands . It belongs to the island state of Kiribati .
The 5 km long, about 1 km wide Tamana is located south-southeast of the Onotoa Atoll and west of the Arorae Atoll in the south of the Gilbert Islands. The population in 2005 was 875 and is declining. The main town of Bakaka includes the maneaba (meeting house), a church, a school and a hospital. Tamana is represented with one vote in Kiribati parliament, the Maneaba ni Maungatabu .
The island can be reached from the air via the Tamana airfield in the north .
population
According to the 2010 census, 951 people live on Tamana .
Demographic statistics
census | 1978 | 2005 | 2010 |
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Barecuba | 406 | 164 | 269 |
Bakaka | 192 | 271 | 405 |
Bakarawa | 253 | 300 | 277 |
total | 1349 | 875 | 951 |
Population development
census | 1947 | 1963 | 1968 | 1973 | 1978 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
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total | 883 | 1254 | 1422 | 1392 | 1349 | 1378 | 1385 | 1181 | 962 | 875 | 951 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map Gilbert Islands 1: 25000: Tamana (Series X042 (DOS 367P)) Sheet Tamana & Arorae 1979
- ^ Report of the 1978 Census of Population and Housing. Republic of Kiribati 1980, Vol. 1 (date of independence)
- ↑ Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vol 1: Basic Information and Tables, p. 48. 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. 132. Retrieved June 18, 2015.