Nanumea

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).

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Settlement.name: Nanumea
Settlement.settlement_type: Atoll
Settlement.image_skyline: Nanumea 2022.png
Settlement.image_map: Nanumea.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Nanumea atoll from space
Settlement.pushpin_map: Tuvalu
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Tuvalu
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Tuvalu
Settlement.unit_pref: 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

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Area: 640
Image: Nanumea.jpg

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Contents

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

==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.