Rabi Island

Rabi ( Rambi, also Rampi ), formerly also in the case Rambi, is an island of the island nation Fiji in the southern Pacific Ocean, where it is counted administratively to the Northern Division, specifically the province of Cakaudrove. The island is known mainly because of their forced resettled from Banaba gilbertesischen population.

Geography

The island is located less than four kilometers east of the large Tunuloa Peninsula of Vanua Levu, the second largest island of Fiji, and 20 km north of the island of Taveuni. Rabi is about 13 km long, up to 8 km wide and has an area of ​​66 km ². Rabi is of volcanic origin, hilly and reaches a height of up to 463 m above sea level.

Rabi has four main settlements, which are named after the former was destroyed in the Second World War villages on Banaba: The administrative center Tabwewa, former Fijian name Nuku, in the northwest of the island, a shipyard, a post office and a hospital; 4 km south of Uma, formerly Wiinuku; Tabiang, former Fijian name SiOSiO, with the only school and a runway, in the southwest; and Buakonikai, formerly Aoteqea, on the south coast.