Tahua
Tahuais one of theDuff Islands,ofTemotu Province,in the independent nation ofSolomon Islands.The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some 23 metres.[1][2][3]The island is inhabited.
History[edit]
The artificial island of Tahua already existed when Portuguese explorerPedro Fernández de Quirósdiscovered the Duff Islands on 8 April 1606. In the 1930s, Tahua Island measured only 100 by 150 metres, and walls divided the single village there. During the 1950s, the entire Duff Islands population lived on Tahua. The local people physically resemble Melanesians and speak a language calledPileni,that belongs to theSamoicbranch of thePolynesian languages.[4][5]The way of life is traditional by subsistence farming and fishing.
References[edit]
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- ^"Tahua".Mapcarta.Retrieved30 July2018.
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- ^"Duff Islands - John Seach".Volcano Live.Retrieved30 July2018.
- ^"Duff Islands".Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978.Retrieved30 July2018.
