Terikiai is a settlement in
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 an
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 ...
; to its west are
Nuribenua
Nuribenua is the largest island of Tabiteuea atoll in Kiribati;
It includes the old Capital village of the atoll Terikiai (a.k.a. Aanikai, and sometimes also called Nuribenua), and the new capital village Utiroa (near the airport location).
To it ...
,
Tanaiang, and
Te Kapuipui, and to its east are
Eita
Eita may refer to:
* Eita (name), a Japanese male given name
* Eita (actor), Eita Nagayama (born 1982), Japanese actor
* Eita (wrestler) (born 1991), Japanese professional wrestler
* Eita (mythology), or Aita, an epithet of the Etruscan chtho ...
and
Utiroa
Utiroa is a settlement in Kiribati. It is located on Tabiteuea atoll and is the capital of North Tabiteuea; Nuribenua is to its west, while Terikiai and Eita are to its north.
Education
Utiroa is served by Temwamwang School in Eita. The area ju ...
.
Education
Terikiai has one elementary school, Takoronga School, which also serves a portion of
Eita
Eita may refer to:
* Eita (name), a Japanese male given name
* Eita (actor), Eita Nagayama (born 1982), Japanese actor
* Eita (wrestler) (born 1991), Japanese professional wrestler
* Eita (mythology), or Aita, an epithet of the Etruscan chtho ...
; this is done to relieve the elementary school in Eita, Temwamwang School. The area junior high school is Takoronga School in Terikiai, and the area senior high school is Tabiteuea North Senior Secondary School a.k.a. Teabike College in Eita.
["TABITEUEA NORTH 2008 Socio-Economic Profile]
Part 2 of 4
''Strengthening Decentralized Governance in Kiribati Project '', Ministry of Internal and Social Affairs (Kiribati)
Ministry may refer to:
Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian mi ...
. p. 42 (PDF p. 7/15)
Part 1 is here
References
Populated places in Kiribati
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