Kabuna Village

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Kabuna (also: Kapuna, Copuna) is a Motu and a place in the north of the Tabiteuea atoll in the Gilbert Islands of the island state Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. [1] It belongs to the district North Tabiteuea. In 2017, the place had approx. 151 inhabitants.

Geography

Kabuna is located in the north of Tabiteuea, near the main island Nuribenua. The Motu forms the transition to the strongly fragmented eastern reef hem. The place of the same name is located in the south of the island. With Tauma in the north, the island is connected by the Kabuna Causeway dam. [2] In the village there is a traditional Assembly house: Kabuna Maneaba.

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References

  1. Office of Te Beretitenti - Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series. 11. Nonouti 2012
  2. Kabuna Village und Kabuna bei GeoNames, geonames.org. Retrieved on 13 September 2021.

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