Lafanga
Sign in to savethumb|Map of Nukufetau with Lafanga on the top right Lafanga or Lafaga is an islet of Nukufetau, Tuvalu. The traditional history of Nukufetau recalls that in order to protect the atoll from raiders from Tonga, Fialua, an Aliki (chief), was given Lafanga, which is the largest of the eastern islets of Nukufetau. Fialua would attack raiders with his club and bury the bodies at a place called Temata.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lafanga is referenced by 80 other articles, and connects out to Telikiai, Tonga and Tuvalu.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NKF, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Islands of Tuvalu, Nukufetau and Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Nukufetau
- Country
- Tuvalu
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
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thumb|Map of Nukufetau with Lafanga on the top right Lafanga or Lafaga is an islet of Nukufetau, Tuvalu. The traditional history of Nukufetau recalls that in order to protect the atoll from raiders from Tonga, Fialua, an Aliki (chief), was given Lafanga, which is the largest of the eastern islets of Nukufetau. Fialua would attack raiders with his club and bury the bodies at a place called Temata.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lafanga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations