Aiwo District

Aiwo
District
OD-N-Aiwo Hotel
Aiwo District within Nauru
Coordinates: NR 0°31′48″S 166°54′42″E / 0.53000°S 166.91167°ECoordinates: NR 0°31′48″S 166°54′42″E / 0.53000°S 166.91167°E
Country	Nauru
Constituency	Aiwo
Area
• Total	1.1 km^2 (0.4 sq mi)
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,220
Time zone	(UTC+12)
Area code(s)	+674

Aiwo (rarely Aiue, in earlier times Yangor) is a district in the Pacific country of Nauru. Jarrit Morpak is the city's mayor, elected in 2008. It belongs to Aiwo Constituency.

Geography

It is located in the west of the island. It covers an area of 1.1 square kilometres (0.42 sq mi) and has a population of 1,300. It is sometimes called the unofficial capital city of Nauru, even though Nauru does not have an official capital city, and it is more common for Yaren to be cited as such.

Local features

The majority of Nauruan industry is located in Aiwo. Among the facilities in Aiwo are:

• The Aiue Boulevard
• The New Boat Port
• The Chinatown of Nauru
• The OD-N-Aiwo Hotel, one of two hotels in Nauru. Privately owned, it is also the tallest building in Nauru.
• The Linkbelt Oval sports stadium.
• The power house
• The Nauru campus of the University of the South Pacific
• The Nauru Local Government Council chambers and offices
• The Nauru Phosphate Corporation processing facilities and cantilever

The district returns two members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren.

Notable people

René Harris, who served a number of terms as President of Nauru, represented Aiwo in Parliament for many years.

See also

• OD-N-Aiwo Hotel
• Rail transport in Nauru
• List of settlements in Nauru

References

External links

Media related to Aiwo at Wikimedia Commons