  Uri | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific ocean |
| Coordinates | 16°05′23.6″S167°27′17.6″E / 16.089889°S 167.454889°E |
| Administration | |
| Capital city | Port Vila |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | Bislama English French [1] |
Uri is a small island located near Malakula, in the Malampa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. [2] [3]
Uri may refer to:
Malampa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country. It consists of three main islands: Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, and takes its name from the first syllable of their names. It includes a number of other islands – the small islands of Uripiv, Norsup, Rano, Wala, Atchin and Vao off the coast of Malakula, and the volcanic island of Lopevi. Also included are the Maskelynes Islands and some more small islands along the south coast of Malakula.
Northeast Malakula, or Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin, is a dialect chain spoken on the islands of Uripiv, Wala, Rano, and Atchin and on the mainland opposite to these islands. Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin is spoken today by about 9,000 people. Literacy rate of its speakers in their own language is 10–30%.
Ambrym is a volcanic island in Malampa Province in the archipelago of Vanuatu. Volcanic activity on the island includes lava lakes in two craters near the summit.
Malakula Island, also spelled Malekula, is the second-largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides, in Melanesia, a region of the Pacific Ocean.
The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu.
Nese is a moribund Oceanic language or dialect known by no more than twenty people in the Matanvat area of the northwest tip of the island of Malakula in Vanuatu. It is now rarely spoken, having been replaced as a primary mode of communication by Bislama.
A namba is a traditional penis sheath from Vanuatu. Nambas are wrapped around the penis of the wearer, sometimes as their only clothing. Two tribes on Malakula, the Big Nambas and the Smol (Small) Nambas, are named for the size of their nambas.
The Maskelyne Islands, often abbreviated as the Maskelynes, are a small chain of low islands that forms part of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Among the islands are Awei, Avock, Leumanang, Uluveo, and Vulai. Uluveo is the main island in the group and has three villages.
Norsup is an island across the bay from the village with the same name on Malakula Island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Sakao, locally known as Lathi or Laðhi, is an uninhabited island in Vanuatu. It is located off the northeastern shore of Vanuatu's largest island Espiritu Santo in Sanma Province, and off the southeastern shore of Vanuatu's second-largest island, Malakula. The island has given its name to the Sakao language, spoken in the nearby area of Port-Olry.
Sakao, also known as Khoti, is an island in Vanuatu, located off the southeastern shore of Vanuatu's second-largest island, Malakula, in Malampa Province.
Vao is an islet off the north-eastern coast of Malakula in Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The 1999 census showed a population of 667, which increased in 2009 to 898.
Atchin is an islet off the north-eastern coast of Malakula in Vanuatu. The 1999 census showed a population of 761, which had decreased to 738 by 2009. According to the 2015 census, the population had further decreased to 724, residing in 158 households.
Wala is an inhabited islet off the north-eastern coast of Malakula in Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The 1999 census showed a population of 201, which increased in 2009 to 270. Cruise ships anchor off-shore and passengers visit the Wala by the ship's tender.
Tirax is an Oceanic language spoken in north east Malakula, Vanuatu.
Uripiv Island is a small inhabited island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Uripiv lies off the north coast of Malekula Island. The estimated terrain elevation above the sea level is some 8 meters.
The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist and Oceanic languages specialist John Lynch (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group.
Eta Rory is a politician from Vanuatu. She was a member of the Vanuatu Parliament from 2008 to 2012 and briefly held two ministerial positions. At the time she was the only female member of the parliament.
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