Nonouti Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Nonouti
Nonouti Island is located in the Southern Gilbert group and has an area of 29.2 square kilometers. The village of Matang serves as the government center for the atoll which includes an administration building, the police station and a hospital. The only government Junior Secondary School is also located here. At the second village north of Matang is the George Eastman High School, owned by the Kiribati Protestant Church. The history of Nonouti started off with the arrival of the traders and whalers in the early 1800s. Later in the 1870s, a recruiting ship came about to recruit people to work in Tahiti. Betero and Tiroi from Nonouti were among these people. They stayed in Tahiti and became strong members of the Roman Catholic Church there. In 1888, the Roman Catholic missionaries from Franc
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