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is the largest village of
Nonouti with a population of 675 people (2020 Census). Matang village is the administrative centre and as such has better infrastructure and facilities; it is also the second largest village on Nonouti with 537 people, about a fifth of the total population. Benuaroa (a
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in the 1870s to work on plantations on other islands in the
Pacific, where they were met by Protestant missionaries. Two of these laborers, Betero and Tiroi, returned to Nonouti and instructed the local people about Christianity. They built churches, where people assembled each Sunday to sing
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Close to where the first
Catholic missionaries arrived in 1888, just behind the apse of the Catholic Church in Taboiaki village, are the six graves of important foreign missionaries and people to the Catholic Church. Opposite this Catholic Church is the biggest
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The eastern side of the atoll is the primary permanent landmass. There is an islet on the northwest side of the atoll called
Noumatong, which is uninhabited and is reserved as a bird sanctuary. The eastern area of the atoll consists of tiny
584:-based Frenchmen, who arrived on the island of Nonouti, Gilbert Islands in the early 1880s and began translating texts and compiling dictionaries. The first priests in the Gilbert Islands, members of the
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and recite prayers. At the time of the arrival of the
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Betero and Tiroi had already baptized 560 people and were instructing an additional 600.
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Nonuti hosts seven primary schools and one Junior
Secondary School, and is home to George Eastman High School, run privately by the Kiribati Protestant Church.
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The government station on the island is located in the village of Matang. The island clerk is the highest ranking government official on the island. The former
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combined name for the islets of
Mataboou and Tebuange) village held the least number of residents, with only 84 people or three percent of the total.
588:, left France in 1888 and arrived on Nonouti on 10 May 1888. They arrived to find quite a large number of Gilbertese who were already exposed to the
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and is the island where the Roman
Catholic religion was first established in Kiribati, in 1888.
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The land areas of
Nonouti islets and the village populations are as follows:
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In the late 19th century, Nonouti was briefly conquered by the king of
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573:. The latter was driven out of Nonouti by a
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341:. The atoll is the third largest in the
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406:Nonouti: Population and Land Area
586:Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
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169:Show map of Pacific Ocean
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793:Premier Postal History.
530:138 hectares (341 acres)
460:150 hectares (371 acres)
446:108 hectares (267 acres)
432:185 hectares (457 acres)
734:Stevenson, Robert Louis
560:US Exploring Expedition
297:135/km (350/sq mi)
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333:, 38 km north of
249:Highest elevation
109:Show map of Micronesia
877:Geography of Kiribati
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252:3 m (10 ft)
79:Show map of Kiribati
1131:Outline of Kiribati
418:Land area by islet
393:, is from Nonouti.
289:2,792 (2020 Census)
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139:Show map of Oceania
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1157:Atolls of Kiribati
795:"Post Office List"
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645:"11. Nonouti"
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538:Nonouti total
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1113:Filippo Reef
1046:Flint Island
1033:Line Islands
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294:Pop. density
281:Demographics
273:Capital city
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817:Part 2 of 4
231:Archipelago
218: /
194:Coordinates
1146:Categories
1051:Kiritimati
1013:Nikumaroro
918:Butaritari
779:2016-06-30
719:0520025571
628:References
306:I-Kiribati
286:Population
1066:Tabuaeran
958:Tabiteuea
736:(1987) .
616:Education
577:warship.
571:Tembinok'
562:in 1841.
426:Abamakoro
387:president
349:Geography
335:Tabiteuea
179:Geography
658:28 April
515:Taboiaki
468:Temanoku
440:Benuaroa
379:Taboiaki
374:Villages
327:Kiribati
323:district
265:Kiribati
206:174°22′E
184:Location
18:Kiribati
1071:Teraina
948:Nonouti
943:Nikunau
938:Marakei
903:Aranuka
898:Abemama
893:Abaiang
607:maneaba
575:British
567:Abemama
554:History
491:Autukia
368:islands
315:Nonouti
163:Nonouti
133:Nonouti
103:Nonouti
73:Nonouti
27:Nonouti
1092:Banaba
1023:Rawaki
993:Canton
969:Tarawa
963:Tamana
953:Onotoa
928:Maiana
908:Arorae
801:5 July
716:
654:. 2012
590:Gospel
582:Tahiti
524:Temotu
500:Matang
482:Rotuma
454:Teuabu
364:islets
339:Tarawa
317:is an
276:Matang
203:0°37′S
1101:Reefs
1018:Orona
1003:Manra
933:Makin
923:Kuria
687:(PDF)
680:(PDF)
648:(PDF)
599:hymns
319:atoll
308:99.7%
913:Beru
803:2013
714:ISBN
660:2015
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