词条 | Sideia Island |
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| name = Sideia Island | native_name = | sobriquet = St. Bonaventure Island | native_name_link = | native_name_lang = png | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = Papua New Guinea | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|10|35|19|S|150|52|55|E|region:PG-MBA_type:isle_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}[1] | location = Oceania | archipelago = Louisiade Archipelago | waterbody = Solomon Sea | total_islands = 1 | major_islands = {{hlist|Sideia }} | area_km2 = 101.3 | length_km = 13.5 | width_km = 15.5 | coastline_km = 150 | elevation_m = 377 |highest_mount = Mount Kipoki | country = Papua New Guinea | country_admin_divisions_title = Province | country_admin_divisions = {{flag|Milne Bay}} | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Island Group | country_admin_divisions_1 = Samarai Islands | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Island Group | country_admin_divisions_2 = Sideia Islands | country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Ward | country_admin_divisions_3 = split | country_largest_city = Sideia | country_largest_city_population = 400 | population = 1890 | population_as_of = 2014 | density_km2 = 18.66 | ethnic_groups = Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians. | timezone1 = AEST | utc_offset1 = +10 | website = {{URL|http://www.ncdc.gov.pg/}} | iso_code_type = ISO code | iso_code = PG-MBA }} Sideia Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. AdministrationThe island is part of the following Wards:
All Wards belong to Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area LLG, Samarai-Murua District, which are in Milne Bay Province.[2] HistorySideia Island was sighted by Europeans when the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres arrived on 18 July 1606.[3] Their ship, San Pedro anchored at Oba Bay in the south west, that they then named Puerto San Francisco. It was later renamed as Puerto Lerma after the 1st Duke of Lerma. Torres named the island St. Bonaventure. The mission in that island was established on April 22, 1932 by the Australian Province of the French Congregation Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC). By 1942, it was fully developed and became the base for other missions in the nearby islands. Many facilities were set up to provide education, medical assistance and ways of living to the native of the area.[4] GeographySideia is located East of the end of New Guinea mainland. Its area is 101.3 km². The island is part of the Sideia group, itself a part of Samarai Islands of the Louisiade Archipelago. It is located between Sariba Island and Basilaki Island. The island of Sideia is quite near Alotau and can be reached in less than three hours by motor boat. DemographicsThe population of 1890 is living in 30 villages across the island. The most important one, and where the dock is located, is Sideia. The other villages: Lamoasi, Mwalotakilili, Dumalawe, Paka, Gugui, Gadogadowa, Oba, Memeali, Kunubala, Gabutau, Makabweabweau, Nasauwai, Tabuara, Liliki, Kalu, Gotai, Wanahaua, Sekuku, Waiyau, Goteia, Kaula, Kubi, Boikalakalawa, Namoa, Dulaona, Balagatete, Tegerauna [5] EconomyThe islanders, are farmers as opposed to eastern Louisiade Archipelago islanders. they grow Sago, Taro, and Yams for crops.[6] TransportationThere is a dock at Sideia. Flora and faunaThe following mammals are on the island:
The following fish are near the island:[7]
References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=TnHGVP_BfgUC&pg=PA168&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute], p. 168 {{Islands of Papua New Guinea|state=collapsed}}2. ^LLG map {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811055024/http://www.pngimr.org.pg/png_med_journal/Empowerment%20-%20Sep_Dec%202000.pdf |date=2010-08-11 }} 3. ^Hilder, Brett The voyage of Torres, Brisbane, 1980, pp.26,27 4. ^Sideia History 5. ^map 6. ^Sideia info 7. ^Sideia Research of fish 2 : Islands of Milne Bay Province|Louisiade Archipelago |
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