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Temotu Province

释义

Administrative divisions
Islands
Population
Languages
See also
References
External links

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Temotu is the easternmost province of Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known as Santa Cruz Islands Province. It consists, essentially, of two chains of islands which run parallel to each other from the northwest to the southeast. Its area is {{convert|895|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off}}.

Administrative divisions

Temotu Province is sub-divided into the following wards:

Temotu Province (21,362)

Reef Islands
- Polynesian Outer Islands (353)
- Fenualoa (1,305)
- Nipua/Nopoli (880)
- Lipe/Temua (796)
- Manuopo (1,030)
- Nenumpo (1,163)

Santa Cruz
- Graciosa Bay (1,264)
- North East Santa Cruz (1,843)
- Nanggu/Lord Howe (1,863)
- Nea/Noole (1,770)
- Nevenema (947)
- Luva Station (2,335)
- Neo (1,558)

isolated islands and groups
- Duff Islands (509)
- Utupua (1,168)
- Vanikoro (1,293)
- Tikopia (1,285)

Islands

The islands or island groups which make up the province are:

Anuta
Duff Islands (including Taumako)
Fatutaka
Lomlom
Malo
Matema
Reef Islands (including Fenualoa, Makalom, Nalongo and Nupani, Nifiloli, Nukapu, Patteson Shoal, Pigeon Island and Pileni)
Santa Cruz Islands (including the large island Nendö)
Tikopia
Tinakula
Utupua
Vanikoro (including Banie and Teanu)

The provincial capital is Lata, located on Nendö, the largest and most important of the Santa Cruz islands.

Population

The population of 21,362 (2009)^[2] is quite diverse for the small land area encompassed. The Santa Cruz Islanders are predominantly Melanesian, although the inhabitants of Tikopia, Anuta, the Duff Islands and some of the Reef Islands are Polynesians.

Languages

The province has given its name to the Temotu languages, a putative linguistic subgroup within the broader Oceanic family of languages.

The languages spoken in the province include all nine Temotu languages proper, plus two Polynesian outlier languages: Vaeakau-Taumako and Tikopia.

References

1. ^http://worldstatesmen.org/Solomon_prov.html#Temotu
2. ^¹Report on 2009 population & housing census for the Solomon Islands.

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060714025324/http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Gallery/Temotu.htm Solomon Islands Photogallery of Temotu Province. Includes a map.]

2 : Provinces of the Solomon Islands|States and territories established in 1981

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