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Rungata
Rungata, or Rungataa, is a settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati. It is the largest settlement on the island, with a population of almost 1,000, including residents of the adjacent Nikunau Island Council compound (or government station) and of the Nikunau Island Junior Secondary School. It is the port for the island, having a passage through the reef and a jetty. The nearest locations are Manriki ''Kusari-fundo'' ( 鎖分銅) is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain (''kusari'') with a weight (''fundo'') attached to each end of the chain. Various sizes and shapes of chain and weight were used as there was ... to the south, and Tabutoa to the north, both of which are between one and two miles away. References Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub ...
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Nikunau
Nikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands that forms a council district of the Republic of Kiribati. It consists of two parts, with the larger in the northwest, joined by an isthmus about wide. There are several landlocked hypersaline lagoons within the island, covering about . The island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef. Its vegetation is moderately dense and consists largely of coconut palms and pandanus. The island's population includes 1,789 Kain Nikunau I-Kiribati people (at the most recent census). Typically, there are also a few other I-Kiribati, working for the Republic Government or the Nikunau Island Council. From time to time the United States Peace Corps and other I-Matang volunteers have been stationed there. Other residents over the years have included castaways and beachcombers in the days of whaling and itinerant trading, Protestant Samoan pastors, traders and agents running the island's trade stores and cooperatives (e.g. Andrew Turner, Tom Day, ...
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Manriki, Kiribati
Manriki is a settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati. The nearest locations are Rungata Rungata, or Rungataa, is a settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati. It is the largest settlement on the island, with a population of almost 1,000, including residents of the adjacent Nikunau Island Council compound (or government station) and of ... and Tabutoa, to the north, and Nikumanu, to the south, both of which are between one and two miles away. References Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub ...
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Tabutoa
Tabutoa is a settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati. The nearest locations, are Manriki and Rungata Rungata, or Rungataa, is a settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati. It is the largest settlement on the island, with a population of almost 1,000, including residents of the adjacent Nikunau Island Council compound (or government station) and of ..., to the south, and Muribenua, to the north all of these are between one and three miles away. References Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub ...
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Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
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is an in in the central . The permanent population is over 119,000 (2020), more than half of whom live on