Buada | |
|---|---|
 Buada Constituency within Nauru | |
| Coordinates: 0°31′59″S166°55′01″E / 0.53306°S 166.91694°E Coordinates: 0°31′59″S166°55′01″E / 0.53306°S 166.91694°E | |
| Country |  |
| Districts | 1 (Buada) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 739 |
| Time zone | (UTC+12) |
| Area code(s) | +674 |
| Members of Parliament | 2 [1] |
Buada Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Buada to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren. [1]
| Seat 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Term | Party |
| Totouwa Depaune | 1968–1971 | Non-partisan |
| Ruben Kun | 1971–1992 | Non-partisan |
| Tamaiti Star | 1992–1995 | Non-partisan |
| Ruben Kun | 1995–2000 | Non-partisan |
| Terangi Adam | 2000–2007 | Non-partisan |
| Shadlog Bernicke | 2007–present | Non-partisan |
| Seat 2 | ||
| Member | Term | Party |
| Vinson Detenamo | 2000–2004 | Non-partisan |
| Roland Kun | 2004–present | Nauru First |
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km (190 mi) to the east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast of the Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With only a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind Vatican City, and Monaco, making it the smallest republic. Additionally, its population of 10,670 is the world's second smallest, after Vatican City.
The history of human activity in Nauru, an island country in the Pacific Ocean, began roughly 3,000 years ago when 12 Micronesian and Polynesian clans settled the island.
Nauru is a tiny phosphate rock island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean south of the Marshall Islands in Oceania. It is only 53 kilometres (33 mi) south of the Equator at coordinates 0°32′S166°55′E. Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean—the others are Banaba in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia.
Yaren, is a district of the Pacific nation of Nauru. It is the de facto capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency.
Boe is a district in the country of Nauru. It is the only district of Boe Constituency.
Anabar is a district in the Pacific country of Nauru.
Ubenide is one of the constituencies of Nauru and is made up of the four districts: Baitsi, Denigomodu, Nibok, and Uaboe. It covers an area of 4.5 km², and has a population of 3,300. It returns four members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren.
Buada Lagoon is a landlocked, slightly brackish, freshwater lake of Buada District in the island nation of Nauru. It occupies about 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2).
Nauru is positioned in the Nauru Basin of the Pacific Ocean, on a part of the Pacific Plate that formed at a mid oceanic ridge at 132 Ma. From mid Eocene (35 Ma) to Oligocene times a submarine volcano built up over a hotspot, and formed a seamount composed of basalt. The seamount rises over 4300 m above the ocean floor. This hotspot developed simultaneously with a major Pacific Plate reorganisation.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nauru:
Roland Tullen Kun is a Nauruan politician and Member of Parliament.
Itte Detenamo is a Nauruan weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.
Nauru has 8 Constituencies, and each of them includes one or more districts. Ubenide sends 4 members to the Parliament of Nauru, Meneng 3 members, the others all send 2.
Buada may refer to:
Aquaculture in Nauru has been practiced much longer than aquaculture in any other Pacific Islands country, the country's milkfish industry predating contact with Europe. The only area in Nauru deemed capable of supporting aquaculture by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is Buada Lagoon.
Topics related to Nauru include:
Rail transport in Nauru is used for moving calcium pyrophosphate from the island's interior to the cantilever jetties on the island's western coast. For this purpose, a 3,900 m long, 0.6096 m narrow gauge railway was built by the Pacific Phosphate Company in 1907. The line passes through the districts of Aiwo, Buada, Denigomodu, Nibok, Uaboe and Anibare.
Yaren Constituency is one of the constituencies of Nauru. It returns two members from Yaren to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren.
Vinson Franco Detenamo is a Nauruan politician.
Austin Bernicke was a Nauruan politician. He was a member of the first Local Government Council in 1951, then a member of Parliament after it was established in 1966, serving until his death in 1977. He also served as a cabinet minister from 1968 until 1976.
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