Aneityum
Sign in to saveAneityum, also known as Anatom or Keamu, and also spelt Aneitum is the southernmost island of Vanuatu, in the province of Tafea.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Aneityum
- Islands.image_name
- Vanuatu - Anatom.PNG
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.image_caption
- Location
- Islands.area_km2
- 159.2
- Islands.elevation_m
- 852
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mount Inrerow Atamein
- Islands.country
- Vanuatu
- Islands.population
- 915
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2009
- Islands.languages
- Aneityum, Bislama, English, French
via Wikipedia infobox
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- History
- Indigenous population
- Traditional chiefdoms
- European contact
- Geography
- Population
- Transport
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Aneityum, also known as Anatom or Keamu, and also spelt Aneitum is the southernmost island of Vanuatu, in the province of Tafea.
==History== ===Indigenous population=== The population of the island is believed to have been between 9,000 and 20,000 prior to the arrival of the Europeans in 1793. However, introduced diseases and blackbirding played a major role in Aneityum's massive depopulation, which left the island with fewer than 200 inhabitants in 1930.