Menaku Explained

Menaku
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:New Caledonia Maré
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maré Island
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Mapsize1:300
Subdivision Type:Territory
Subdivision Name: New Caledonia, France
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Commune
Subdivision Name2:Maré
Timezone:UTC+11
Coordinates:-21.4436°N 167.9675°W

Menaku is a village in the northeast of Maré Island, in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.[1] It lies south by road from Kaewatine and northwest of the main town of La Roche.[2] It lies 27 kilometres from Tadine and as of 1996 had a population of 127 people.[3] The Grand-Chief is Naisseline Henri Yé Nidoish, the Chief is Cuéwapur Cuki and the President of the Council is Wakana Kadéne.[3] The main language spoken by the inhabitants is the indigenous Nengoné language and the French language.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maré . Direction des Infrastructures de la Topographie et des Transports Terrestres (DITTT) . 10 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325131704/http://www.dittt.gouv.nc/portal/page/portal/dittt/photos_cartes_cadastre/cartographie/decoupage_standard/mare.swf . 25 March 2012 .
  2. Google Maps. Google. 10 June 2011-->.
  3. Web site: Tribu Menaku. ISEE. 19 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723064956/http://www.isee.nc/portraitribu/telechargement/Mare/1554Menaku.pdf. 23 July 2011.