Boe is a
district
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in the
country
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of
Nauru
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of ...
. It is the only district of
Boe Constituency
Boe is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Boe to the Parliament of Nauru
The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the ...
.
History
On September 5, 2019, the Pacific Light House Church (Born Again Christian Church) was opened in the district.
Geography
Boe is located in the southwest of the island. It borders on the districts of
Aiwo,
Yaren along the coastline, and
Buada inland.
It covers an area of 0.5 km
2, and has a population of 950.
It is the smallest and most densely populated district in Nauru. The elevation above sea level is about 5 metres.
Education
Boe Infant School is in Boe.
[Education Statistics Digest 2015]
" Department of Education (Nauru). Retrieved on July 8, 2018. p. 47 (PDF p. 47). The primary and secondary schools serving all of Nauru are Yaren Primary School in
Yaren District
Yaren (in earlier times Makwa/Moqua) is a district of the Pacific island country of Nauru. It is the '' de facto'' capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency. It is also the fourth-least-populated capital in the world. (years 1-3), Nauru Primary School in
Meneng District
Meneng (or Menen) is a district located in the Meneng Constituency in the country of Nauru. The constituency elects 2 members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren.
Geography
The district is located in the southeast of the island, covering an are ...
(years 4-6), Nauru College in
Denigomodu District
Denigomodu is a district in the western part of the island of Nauru. It is the most populous district in Nauru.
It houses the expatriate housing compound "The Location". This makes it Nauru's largest settlement by population. , 16% of the people ...
(years 7-9), and
Nauru Secondary School (years 10-12) in Yaren District.
[Document by the]
" OHCHR
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. Retrieved on 8 July 2018. "The Education system is 10 schools, there are District Infant schools each ..nd finally Nauru Secondary School (Years 10-12) where compulsory education end at Year 12. ..
Notable people
*
Baron D. Waqa, the former President of Nauru, is from Boe, having been elected from that constituency to serve in the
Parliament of Nauru
The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament. .
*
Kinza Clodumar
Kinza Godfrey Clodumar (8 February 1945 – 29 November 2021) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru from 1997 to 1998.
Background
Clodumar was born in Boe. He was a member of the indigenous population of Nauru, and he was ...
, formerly
President of Nauru
The president of Nauru is elected by Parliament of Nauru, Parliament from among its members, and is both the head of state and the head of government of Nauru. Nauru's unicameral Parliament has 19 members, with an electoral term of three years. ...
, is from Boe.
*The second
Angam Baby, Bethel Enproe Adam, came from Boe.
*Weightlifter
Tyoni Batsiua was from Boe.
See also
*
Geography of Nauru
Nauru is a tiny phosphate rock island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean south of the Marshall Islands in Oceania. It is only south of the Equator at Geographic coordinate system, coordinates . Nauru is one of the three great phosphate ...
*
List of settlements in Nauru
The Nauru, Republic of Nauru originally consisted of 169 villages; by 1900 these were already partly abandoned, uninhabited or destroyed. With the increasing population growth the single villages merged into a single connected settlement, whi ...
References
External links
Districts of Nauru
Populated places in Nauru
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