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]