Insula Banaba
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Insula Banaba,[1] breviter Banaba, olim Insula Oceani, est insula in Oceanus Pacificus, singulare atollum curalii elevatum, ad occidentem catenae Insularum Gilbertensium et 300 chiliometra ad orientem insulae Nauru iacens. Ea est pars Reipublicae Kiribati. Area superficialis est 6.5 chiliometra quadrata,[2] et summus locus est etiam summus reipublicae locus, 81 metra (266 pedes) super maris aequor. Cum Nauru et Makatea (in Polynesia Francica), Banaba est elevata phosphatis insula magni momenti in Oceano Pacifico.[3]
| Vicus | Numerus civium (Census) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2005 | |
| Antereen (Tabiang) | 16 | 108 |
| Umwa (Ooma, Uma) | 269 | 135 |
| Tabewa (Tapiwa, Tabwewa) | 54 | 58 |
| Buakonikai | – | – |
| Banaba | 339 | 301 |
Bibliographia [recensere]
- Binder, Pearl. 1977. Treasure Islands: The Trials of the Ocean Islanders. Blond & Briggs.
- Go Tell It to the Judge, documentarium televisificum BBC de causa a Banabanis Londinii habita; primum emissum 6 Ianuarii 1977.
- Wright, Ronald. 1986. On Fiji Islands. Novi Eboraci: Penguin.
Notae [recensere]
- ↑ The correct spelling and etymology in Gilbertese should be Bwanaba but the Constitution of Kiribati writes Banaba. Because of the spelling in English or French, the name was very often written Paanapa or Paanopa, as it was in 1901 Act.
- ↑ Arthur Dahl, Islands of Kiribati, Island Directory, UN System-Wide Earthwatch Web Site, 12 Iulii 1988.
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Phosphate, ed, Andy Jorgensen, in Encyclopedia of Earth, ed. C. J. Cleveland (Vasingtoniae: National Council for Science and the Environment, 2011).
Nexus externi [recensere]
- Banaba a semi-official resource on Banaba, covering history of Banabans and Banaba island, as well as recent news
- "Banaba (Ocean) Island during WW2," apud www.janeresure.com
- Situs Jane Resture, apud www.janeresture.com
- Imago ex satellite, apud maps/google.com
- Imago ex satellite, oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
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