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NASA orbital photo of Niutao

Niutao is a reef island in the northern part of Tuvalu with a population of about 600 in 2012. A fringing reef surrounds the whole island, which makes local fishing and transport into and out of the island difficult. The island is 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long by 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) wide in size.

According to their oral history Niutaoans believe that their ancestors came from Samoa during the 12th or 13th century in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika. (More...)