Taungaeaka is a Motu (small uninhabited island) and a place in the south of the

Tabiteuea Tabiteuea (formerly Drummond's Island) is an atoll in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, farther south of Tarawa. This atoll is the bigger and the most populated of the Gilbert Islands but Tarawa. The atoll consists of one main island, in the nor ...

atoll in the

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of the island state

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in the

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- Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series. November 11, 2012 It belongs to the district ''South Tabiteuea''. In 2017, it had 158 inhabitants. Taungaeaka is located in the eastern reef area of Tabiteuea. It is divided by several deep bays that penetrate the Riffkrone from the north, from the sea side. The place of the same name is on the

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, geonames.org. Retrieved on: 13 September 2021. In the village there is a traditional Reunification House: ''Taungaeaka Maneaba''. With Tewai in the northwest, the place is through the 'Tewai Causeway dam. In the south there is a dam that leads over the neighboring Motu Nikutiri and

Aranuka Aranuka is an atoll of Kiribati, located just north of the equator, in the Gilbert Islands. It has an area of and a population of 1,057 in 2010. By local tradition, Aranuka is the central island of the Gilbert group. Geography Aranuka is an a ...

to the main town Buariki in the south (Buariki Causeways).

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