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Rakahanga is part of the Cook Islands, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. The unspoilt atoll is 1,248 kilometres from the Cook Islands capital, Rarotonga, and lies 1,111 kilometres from the equator. Its nearest neighbour is Manihiki which is just 44 kilometres away. Rakahanga's population is 127 people on 4 km2. == Geography == There are four main islands and seven motus or islets in the Rakahanga lagoon. The northern island has divided into three: Tetukono on the north and northeast, Tetaha Kiraro on the west, and Paerangi on the southwest; while the southern island is Rakahanga. The motus are: on the east, Te Motu o Umurua, Akaro, Motu Ngangie, Huananui, Motu Mahuta and Motu Okakara; while on the southwest side the islet of Te Kainga guards the widest passage into the lagoon. The only village, Matara, also called Rakahanga, seat of the Rakahanga Island Council, is on the northwest side of the southern islet, Rakahanga. A newer, official source lists five villages,〔http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/site_manager_sites/clg/pdfs/CookIslandGovtBill2007.pdf〕 which may just be the lineages living in the same village:〔(New patterns of settlement | NZETC )〕 #Purapoto #Niteiri #Numahanga #Teruakiore #Matara (main settlement) The island is just over 4 square kilometres in size and is so low lying that it is in serious danger from rising sea levels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rakahanga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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