Namu Atoll
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Namu Atoll (
There are four main population centres, the islands of Namu, Majkin, Loen and Mae. The population of Namu Atoll was 525 at the 2021 census.[2]
History
The Spanish expedition of
The German Empire claimed Namu Atoll along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1885.[5] After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. The base became part of the vast US Naval Base Marshall Islands. Following the end of World War II, it came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until 1986 when the Marshall Islands achieved their independence.
Education
Marshall Islands Public School System operates public schools:[6]
- Loen Elementary School
- Mae Elementary School
- Majkin Elementary School
- Namo Elementary School
Students are zoned to Jaluit High School in Jaluit Atoll.[7]
In the 1994–1995 school year Namu had one private high school.[8]
References
- ^ Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
- ^ "Republic of the Marshall Islands 2021 Census Report, Volume 1: Basic Tables and Administrative Report" (PDF). Pacific Community (SPC): Statistics for Development Division. Pacific Community. May 30, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.40,47.
- ^ Sharp, Andrew (1962). The Discovery of the Pacific Islands (Second ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 177–8.
- JSTOR 207706.
- ^ "Public Schools Archived 2018-02-21 at the Wayback Machine." Marshall Islands Public School System. Retrieved on February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report 2011-2012 Archived 2018-02-22 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "As such, Jaluit High School enroll students from the Ralik and Iolab school zones including schools from Ebon, Namdrik, Kili, Jaluit, Ailinglaplap, Jabat, and Namu."
- ISBN 1134200226, 9781134200221. p. 127.
External links
- Marshall Islands site
- Entry at Oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)