The Tabar Group is an island group in
Papua New Guinea, located north of
New Ireland. It is a part of the
Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km.
History
The first inhabitants o ...
. The Tabar group consists of a short chain of three main islands -
Tabar Island
Tabar Island is an island of the Tabar Group of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland. It is inhabited by the Tabar people.
Geography
Tabar Island is the main island of the Tabar Islands and forms part of the New Ireland Provi ...
(a.k.a. Big Tabar) in the south,
Tatau Island Tatau Island is an island of the Tabar Group of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland and about a mile south of Simberi Island
Simberi Island is a volcanic island in the Tabar Group, in Papua New Guinea's New Ireland Province.
Geog ...
in the center, and
Simberi Island
Simberi Island is a volcanic island in the Tabar Group, in Papua New Guinea's New Ireland Province.
Geography and geology
Simberi is the northernmost and smallest of the three islands in the Tabar Group. The island is about 9 km long and 7&nb ...
in the north - as well as a number of smaller offshore islets. The highest peak is Mount Beirari at .
The population of the island group was 3,920 at the 2000 Census. The Tabar Group is administered by the
Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Local Level Government (LLG).
The Tabar Group is the area of origin of
Malagan art.
[
] The local language is
Mandara (also known as Tabar),
ISO 639-3 language code "tbf", an
Austronesian
Austronesian may refer to:
*The Austronesian languages
*The historical Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ...
language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.
References
External links
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Islands of Papua New Guinea
New Ireland Province
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