Arorae
Sign in to saveArorae (spelling variants: Arorai, Arurai; also known as Hope Island or Hurd Island) is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator. Arorae is the southernmost island in the Gilbert Islands group. It has a population of just over a thousand inhabitants on 9.5 square kilometres.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Arorae
- Islands.image_name
- Arorae Kiribati.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- atoll of Arorae
- Islands.map_image
- GilbertIslandsPos.png
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Kiribati#Micronesia#Oceania#Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Gilbert Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 9.48
- Islands.length_km
- 9
- Islands.width_km
- 1
- Islands.elevation_m
- 3
- Islands.country
- Kiribati
- Islands.country_capital
- Arorae Island Council
- Islands.population
- 983
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2020 Census
- Islands.density_km2
- 107
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- I-Kiribati 100%
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Capital
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Arorae (spelling variants: Arorai, Arurai; also known as Hope Island or Hurd Island) is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator. Arorae is the southernmost island in the Gilbert Islands group. It has a population of just over a thousand inhabitants on 9.5 square kilometres.
== Geography == Arorae is the southernmost atoll in the Gilbert Islands, 600 km south from South Tarawa. The atoll's area is . The atoll is a low and flat coralline island with an elongated shape. It is 9 km in length and 1 km wide, at its widest point. There is no lagoon, like in bigger atolls of the Gilberts.