Anagusa

Anagusa
	Anagusa Location of Anagusa
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	10°42′48″S 151°14′32″E / 10.71333°S 151.24222°E
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to	Solomon Sea
Total islands	2 inhabited on Bentley Group
Major islands	Anagusa; Nare;
Area	1.42 km2 (0.55 sq mi)
Length	2.2 km (1.37 mi)
Width	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Highest elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Highest point	Mount Anagusa
Administration
	Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
District	Samarai-Murua District
LLG	Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area
Island Group	Bentley Islands
Largest settlement	Anagusa (pop. ~70)
Demographics
Population	112 (2014)
Pop. density	78.8/km2 (204.1/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Papuans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10);
ISO code	PG-MBA
Official website	www.ncdc.gov.pg

Anagusa is an island, part of the Bentley Group, in Louisiade Archipelago in the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea. For 2014 census, the island had a village of 122 residents in 21 households, although at least 1 family lives in nearby island of Nare.

Geography

Anagusa is located 10 km south of the Engineer Islands. It was settled by migrants from Normanby and Wari islands. The style of the Anagusa pottery is similar to those of the people of Wari. The population consists of fishermen and farmers. The closest island is Nare (Mudge) Island 6.8 km south-east.

The inhabitants of the island speak Bwanabwana.^[2]

Administratively, the island belongs to Bwanabwana Rural LLG (Local Level Government area) of the Samarai-Murua District in Milne Bay Province.^[3]

References

^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
^ "Papua New Guinea WWW Virtual Library – Google Maps version". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Bwanabwana, A language of Papua New Guinea

[ref1-1] Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168

[2] "Papua New Guinea WWW Virtual Library – Google Maps version". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Bwanabwana, A language of Papua New Guinea

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