Nukumanu

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Nukumanu is a remote Polynesian outlier atoll in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, culturally Polynesian but geographically located within the Melanesian region near Papua New Guinea.

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Nukumanu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian outlier
atoll
administrativeDivision North Bougainville District
administrativeStatus rural atoll community
archipelago Polynesian outliers
climate tropical
colonialHistory Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea
German New Guinea
country Papua New Guinea
culturalAffiliation Polynesian culture
discoveredByEuropeansInCentury 16th century
economy bêche-de-mer fishing
copra production
environment coral atoll
ethnoCulturalRegion Polynesia
geographicalRegion Melanesia
hasAlternativeName Nukumanu Islands
linked to: Nuguria Islands

Tasman Islands
hasEthnicGroup Nukumanu people
hasFeature coral reef
lagoon
low-lying islets
hasLanguage Nukumanu language
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population
hasSettlement Nukumanu village
locatedEastOf New Guinea
locatedIn Melanesia
Papua New Guinea
southwestern Pacific Ocean
locatedNortheastOf Solomon Islands
navigationTradition Polynesian navigation
near Ontong Java Atoll
Tasman Sea
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Autonomous Region of Bougainville
North Solomons
Nukumanu Rural LLG
primaryLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
primaryLanguageSubfamily Oceanic languages
religion Christianity
risk sea level rise
tropical cyclones
timeZone UTC+11
traditionalSubsistence coconut cultivation
fishing
taro cultivation
transport accessible mainly by boat

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