Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Coordinates
- 13°50′S 172°05′W / 13.833°S 172.083°W / -13.833; -172.083
- Area
- 3 km (1.2 sq mi)
- Coastline
- 7.5 km (4.66 mi)
- Population
- 889 (2006)
- Pop density
- 296/km (767/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Manono is an island of Samoa, situated in the Apolima Strait between the main islands of Savai'i and Upolu, 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) west-northwest off Lefatu Cape, the westernmost point of Upolu. By population, as well as by area, it is Samoa’s third largest island.
There are four villages on the island with a total population of 889 (2006 Census). Electricity was only introduced in 1995 and there are several shops with beach fale accommodation for visitors. The boat trip from Upolu island takes about 20 minutes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manono Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.