Aiwo District

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Aiwo
District
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Aiwo District within Nauru
Aiwo District within Nauru
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Country  Nauru
Constituency Aiwo
Area
 • Total 1.1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Elevation 26 m (85 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,220
Time zone (UTC+12)
Area code(s) +674

Aiwo (rarely Aiue, in earlier times Yangor) is a district in the Pacific country of Nauru. Jarrit Morpak is the city's mayor, elected in 2008.[citation needed] It belongs to Aiwo Constituency.

Geography

It is located in the west of the island. It covers an area of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). and has a population of 1,300. It is sometimes called the unofficial capital city of Nauru, even though Nauru does not have an official capital city, and it is more common for Yaren to be cited as such.

Local features

The majority of Nauruan industry is located in Aiwo. Among the facilities in Aiwo are:

The district returns two members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren.

Notable people

René Harris, who served a number of terms as President of Nauru, represented Aiwo in Parliament for many years.

See also

References

External links

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