Niutao

It is one of the nine districts (atolls) of Tuvalu, and one of the three who consist of only one island.

Geography

There are two lakes (ponds or lagunes). The biggest has three islands and a dam. There are three wells, pits, deepths or springs (?). The only village is Tuapa, it has the neighbourhood of Angafoulua. There is a Maneapa (community hall), a church, a post office, and a well, pit, deepth or spring (one of the three). On a half mile (800 m) is the graveyard, and on a quart of a mile (400 m) the hospital. The hospital and the village are in the west (village south, hospital north) of the island and the graveyard in the southmiddle of the isle. The island is about a horizontal oval which has a length of about one mile (1.6 km). There is a lot of dry vegetation and a few of little mangroveforests. A reef is around the whole island.

Transportation

There is a network of paved and/ or unpaved ways. There are no trains or airports.