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Aonobuaka
Aonobuaka is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 328 residents of the village (2010 census). It is to the north of Koinawa and Morikao and to the south of Borotiam Borotiam is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 375 residents of the village (2010 census). The nearest villages, to the north, are Tebunginako and Koinawa. Aonobuaka is to the east. The village has a medical clinic that is staffed .... References Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaiang
Abaiang, also known as Apaiang, Apia, and in the past, Charlotte Island, in the Northern Gilbert Islands, is a coral atoll of Kiribati, located in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Abaiang was the island of the first missionary to arrive in the Gilberts, Hiram Bingham II. Abaiang has a population of 5,872 (2020 census). Geography Abaiang Atoll is in the northern Gilberts, located not very far to the north of Tarawa. Abaiang is the fourth most northerly in the Gilberts chain of atolls, with a total land area of . The atoll has a lagoon that provides sheltered anchorage. The main island of Abaiang, ''Teiro'' (not to be confused with the small islet of ''Teirio'') has a total land area of extends from the northern village of Takarano to the southern village of Tabontebike. It occupies the complete eastern rim and also encircles the southern part of the atoll, stretching over a distance of some Its width ranges from no more than to more than , averaging . It contains 16 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koinawa
Koinawa is a village on Abaiang atoll in Kiribati. There are 312 residents of the village (2010 census). It is located to the south of Aonobuaka; to its east is Morikao Morikao is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 233 residents of the village (2010 census). The nearest villages are Koinawa and Aonobuaka to the north and Taburao is to the south. Stephen Whitmee High School Stephen Whitmee High Sc .... The village has a medical clinic that is staffed by a Nursing Officer and the clinic is accessed by resident of the Koinawa and Aonobuaka community. The lagoon coastline of Koinawa is eroding as the result of wave action. Religion Churches * Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Koinawa References Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morikao
Morikao is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 233 residents of the village (2010 census). The nearest villages are Koinawa and Aonobuaka to the north and Taburao is to the south. Stephen Whitmee High School Stephen Whitmee High School is a senior high school in Morikao, Abaiang Island, Kiribati. It is affiliated with the Kiribati Uniting Church (formerly the Kiribati Protestant Church)."TABITEUEA NORTH 2008 Socio-Economic ProfilePart 2 of 4 ''Strengthe ... is in Morikao. References Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borotiam
Borotiam is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 375 residents of the village (2010 census). The nearest villages, to the north, are Tebunginako and Koinawa. Aonobuaka is to the east. The village has a medical clinic that is staffed by a Nursing Officer and the clinic is accessed by resident of the Borotiam and Tebunginako community. The lagoon coastline of Borotiam is being eroded by wave action. Borotiam (pronounced as "Borosiam") is named after Belgium. Kiribati and Belgium have shared a historical tie which began with a Belgian missionary who arrived in Kiribati over a hundred years ago. He was so loving, devoted and committed to his congregation, that the people were deeply touched and decided to name their village as Belgium. In the vernacular, this was written as Borotiam, a name which has been kept to this day as a symbol of the everlasting appreciation for the Belgian sacrifice that had contributed significantly to the progress and wellbeing of Kiribati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can grow. Most of the approximately 440 atolls in the world are in the Pacific Ocean. Two different, well-cited models, the subsidence and antecedent karst models, have been used to explain the development of atolls.Droxler, A.W. and Jorry, S.J., 2021. ''The Origin of Modern Atolls: Challenging Darwin's Deeply Ingrained Theory.'' ''Annual Review of Marine Science'', 13, pp.537-573. According to Charles Darwin's ''subsidence model'', the formation of an atoll is explained by the subsidence of a volcanic island around which a coral fringing reef has formed. Over geologic time, the volcanic island becomes extinct and eroded as it subsides completely beneath the surface of the ocean. As the volcanic island subsides, the coral fringing reef becomes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati ''The World Factbook''. Europa (web portal). Retrieved 29 January 2016. is an in in the central . The permanent population is over 119,000 (2020), more than half of whom live on |
