Paelau is a settlement located on

Tabuaeran Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of the island nation of Kiribati. The land area is , and the population in 2015 was 2,315. The maximum elevation is abou ...

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where corals can develop. Most ...

Kiribati Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa. The st ...

. It is located on the western side of the atoll, south of a passage into the lagoon, with Betania to the north and Aontenaa to the south. It is the administrative centre of the atoll, where the main health clinic is located. In the 2010 census 200 people were recorded as living in Paelau. It was formerly known as Napia or English Harbour.

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Populated places in Kiribati {{Kiribati-geo-stub