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Takaeang

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Location
  
Pacific Ocean

Highest elevation
  
3 m (10 ft)

Ethnic groups
  
I-Kiribati 99.6%

Area
  
13.23 kmĀ²

Archipelago
  
Gilbert Islands

Population
  
1,057 (2010 Census)

Elevation
  
3 m

Island group
  
Gilbert Islands

Takaeang

Pop. density
  
79.9 /km (206.9 /sq mi)

Takaeang is the second largest island in the Aranuka atoll of Kiribati. It helps form the triangular shape of the atoll by forming the top corner of the triangle. It is connected to the larger island, Buariki, by a sandbank.

Map of Takaeang, Kiribati

The village is also called Takaeang.

References

Takaeang Wikipedia