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Penama
Penama is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the northeast of the country and consisting of three major islands: * Ambae Island, Ambae (or Aoba Island, Aoba) * Maewo * Pentecost Island, Pentecost The name Penama is derived from the initial letters of PENtecost, Ambae and MAewo. Population It has a population of 30,819 (2009 census) people and an area of 1,198 km2. Its capital is Saratamata on Ambae, but there are plans to move the capital to a different island due to a volcanic eruption Islands References External links * Penama Province, Provinces of Vanuatu States and territories established in 1994 {{Vanuatu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Vanuatu
Vanuatu has been divided into six provinces since 1994. The names in English of all provinces are derived from the initial letters of their constituent islands: Municipalities The provinces are in turn divided into municipalities headed by a council and a mayor elected from among the members of the council. In Tafea Province, for example, are the following municipalities (council areas): *North Erromango *South Erromango *North Tanna *West Tanna *Middle Bush Tanna *Whitesands *South West Tanna *South Tanna The islands of Aniwa, Futuna and Aneityum appear to consist of one municipality each. Island regions (historical) From 1985 to 1994 it was divided into eleven island regions: Districts (historical) During the Condominium era, specifically from 1968 to 1984 the group was divided into four administrative districts: Districts (1950) In the 1950s, districts appeared to denote the finest administrative level, finer than the current municipalities or council are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penama Province on Ambae, but there are plans to move the capital to a different island due to a volcanic eruption
Penama is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the northeast of the country and consisting of three major islands: * Ambae (or Aoba) * Maewo * Pentecost The name Penama is derived from the initial letters of PENtecost, Ambae and MAewo. Population It has a population of 30,819 (2009 census) people and an area of 1,198 km2. Its capital is Saratamata Saratamata is the capital of Penama Province of the island country of Vanuatu.Saratamata ca. 150 m Islands References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambae Island
Ambae, also known as Aoba, Omba, Oba, or Opa and formerly Lepers’ Island, is an island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, approximately north-northwest of Vanuatu's capital city, Port Vila. It is also Vanuatu's largest active volcano. Name The various names of Ambae come from the indigenous Oceanic languages spoken within Vanuatu. The forms with ''a-'' reflect a locative marker added to the proper name of the island, spelled ''Oba'' or ''Omba'', both reflecting a pronunciation of in the local dialects spoken there. In Mota, once the lingua franca of the Melanesian Mission, it is called ''Opa'' . All of these terms come from a Proto-North-Central Vanuatu form ''*oᵐba''. History The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós in the spring of 1606. The misty sight of Ambae from neighboring Espiritu Santo, which served as a major World War II airbase, inspired the mythical Bali Ha'i in James Michene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoba Island
Ambae, also known as Aoba, Omba, Oba, or Opa and formerly Lepers’ Island, is an island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, approximately north-northwest of Vanuatu's capital city, Port Vila. It is also Vanuatu's largest active volcano. Name The various names of Ambae come from the indigenous Oceanic languages spoken within Vanuatu. The forms with ''a-'' reflect a locative marker added to the proper name of the island, spelled ''Oba'' or ''Omba'', both reflecting a pronunciation of in the local dialects spoken there. In Mota, once the lingua franca of the Melanesian Mission, it is called ''Opa'' . All of these terms come from a Proto-North-Central Vanuatu form ''*oᵐba''. History The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós in the spring of 1606. The misty sight of Ambae from neighboring Espiritu Santo, which served as a major World War II airbase, inspired the mythical Bali Ha'i in James Michener's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saratamata
Saratamata is the capital of Penama Province of the island country of Vanuatu.Saratamata ca. 150 m It is situated on the eastern shore of Ambae Island and is the largest settlement in that island. Economy and infrastructure There are a couple of retail shops, a restaurant, a guest house and a local market selling locally farmed goods. Saratamata is served by a small airfield located in the nearby settlement of Longana with regular domestic flights to and |
Maewo
Maewo (, in English as and formerly ''Aurora Island'') is an island in Vanuatu in Penama province, 105 km to the east of Espiritu Santo. It is 47 km long, and 6 km wide, with an area of 269 km2. Its highest point is 795 m above sea level. In 2009 the island had a population of almost 3,600. Maewo is covered with dense vegetation: tropical forests in which banyan trees grow. Name The name ''Maewo'' is thought to have come from Mota, Raga, or Ambae as an attempt to transcribe the pronunciation . In the local languages it is spelled as ''N̄waewo'' . Other names for the island include Mwerlap ''N̄wēw'' and Mwotlap ''Am̄ew'' (with the locative prefix ''a-''). All of these terms are thought to have come from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu (and Proto-Torres–Banks) ''*mʷaewo''. History First recorded sighting of Maewo Island by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós at the end of April 1606.Brand, Donald D. ''The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecost Island
Pentecost is one of the 83 islands that make up the Oceania, South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost is known as in French language, French and in Bislama. The island was known in its native languages by names such as ''Vanu Aroaroa'', although these names are not in common use today. Pentecost has also been referred to as ''Raga'' or ''Araga'', a tribal name that originated in the north but is now widely applied to the whole island. In old sources, it is occasionally referred to as Whitsuntide Island. Geography Pentecost is a lush, mountainous island which stretches north to south over some . It has an area of . The mountain range, of which the highest is Mount Vulmat (), marks the dividing line between the humid, rainy eastern coast and the more temperate western coast. The coastal plains, cross-cut by small torrents, are generally very green and ideally suited for plantations and livestock. The climate on Pentecost is humid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesians, Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island, Espíritu Santo, in 1606. Queirós claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies and named it . In the 1880s, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom claimed parts of the archipelago, and in 1906, they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through an Anglo-French condominium (international law), condominium. An independence movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
