Tokelau (Tuvalu)

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Tokelau
Tokelau (Tuvalu)
Tokelau
Tokelau
Coordinates 6 ° 17 ′  S , 176 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 6 ° 17 ′  S , 176 ° 19 ′  E
location
Basic data
Country Tuvalu

Administrative district

Nanumanga
height 11 m
Residents 245 (2012)

Tokelau is the administrative seat and capital of Nanumanga in the Pacific island state of Tuvalu . It is - besides Toga (formerly Tonga ) - the only village on the atoll comprising five islands. Tokelau is located in the west of the main island and has 245 inhabitants (as of 2012).

Tokelau has a hospital, church, post office, elementary school and fresh water source. It is located immediately southwest of the Vaiatoa lagoon . The second village of the atoll, Toga, borders the village in the south.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Nanumanga Locations. Retrieved from Citipedia.info on September 10, 2014
  2. ^ Tuvalu Online GIS. Tuvalu Central Statistics Office, January 2015, accessed January 8, 2015 .
  3. Map of Nanumaga. , JaneResture.com, date unknown retrieved September 10, 2014