Meneng District

Meneng
Meneng
District
	Meneng District within Nauru
	Coordinates: 0°32′53″S 166°56′22″E / 0.54806°S 166.93944°ECoordinates: 0°32′53″S 166°56′22″E / 0.54806°S 166.93944°E
Country	Nauru
Constituency	Meneng
Area
• Total	3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,380
Time zone	(UTC+12)
Area code(s)	+674

Meneng (or Menen) is a district located in the Meneng Constituency in the country of Nauru. The constituency elects 2 members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren.

Geography[]

The district is located in the southeast of the island, covering an area of 3.1 km². It has a population of 1,400. Meneng District has 18 villages, the most of any district in Nauru.

Local features[]

Features in Meneng include:

The Menen Hotel, one of the island's four hotels
the wireless station
the State House (presidential residence; recently burned down)
the Government Printing Office
the Meneng Stadium
Australian Nauru Detention Centre

Education[]

Meneng Infant School is in Meneng.^[1] The primary and secondary schools serving all of Nauru are Yaren Primary School in Yaren District (years 1-3), Nauru Primary School in Meneng District (years 4-6), Nauru College in Denigomodu District (years 7-9), and Nauru Secondary School (years 10-12) in Yaren District.^[2]

The current building of Nauru Primary School opened on October 6, 2016. Canstruct, an Australian firm, built the two-story building, which has eight classrooms. The building, specially designed for Nauruan weather, with ceiling fans and special airflow, may house up to 400 students and is resistant to natural disasters.^[3]

Notable people[]

Lionel Aingimea, the President of Nauru, is from Meneng.

References[]

^ "Education Statistics Digest 2015." . Retrieved on July 8, 2018. p. 47 (PDF p. 47).
^ Document by the." OHCHR. Retrieved on 8 July 2018. "The Education system is comprised of 10 schools, there are District Infant schools each[...]and finally Nauru Secondary School (Years 10-12) where compulsory education end at Year 12.[...]"
^ "New Nauru Primary School adds to high-class education system." The government of Nauru. Retrieved on June 5, 2018.

External links[]

Media related to Meneng at Wikimedia Commons

This Nauruan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[EdStats2015-1] "Education Statistics Digest 2015." . Retrieved on July 8, 2018. p. 47 (PDF p. 47).

[OHCHR-2] Document by the." OHCHR. Retrieved on 8 July 2018. "The Education system is comprised of 10 schools, there are District Infant schools each[...]and finally Nauru Secondary School (Years 10-12) where compulsory education end at Year 12.[...]"

[3] "New Nauru Primary School adds to high-class education system." The government of Nauru. Retrieved on June 5, 2018.

[1]

[2]

[3]