Nanumea
Sign in to saveNanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Nanumea is with a population of 610 people (2022 census).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nanumea
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Atoll
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nanumea 2022.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Nanumea.jpg
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- Nanumea atoll from space
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- Tuvalu
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- right
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- Location in Tuvalu
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- Country
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- Tuvalu
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.87
- Settlement.population_total
- 610
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.iso_code
- ISO416TV-NMA
- Settlement.website
- http://www.nanumea.net/
- Settlement.image_map1
- Nanumea in Tuvalu (special marker).svg
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Climate crisis
- Language and cultural links
- History
- Governance and connection to other Nanumean communities
- General election, 2024
- Identity
- Prominent local people
- Literature
- External links
- References
Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Nanumea is with a population of 610 people (2022 census).
==Geography== Located along one edge of the so-called Polynesian triangle, Nanumea lies just south of the Gilbert Islands, which are Micronesian in language and culture. Nanumea is a classic atoll, a series of low islets sitting on a coral reef shelf surrounding a lagoon. About long by wide in overall size, the dry land area is about . The two largest islets Nanumea and Lakena, which comprise 90% of the dry land area of the atoll.