Society and Culture
Anuta has a human population of about 300. The island has two noporanga, or "dwelling places", each with a traditional chief. Mua, meaning "front", is the eastern and main village, and Muri, meaning "back" is the western village. Due to its small land area, Anuta has one of the highest population densities in the world, equaling that of Bangladesh.
Historically, some of its inhabitants have used the small island of Fatutaka, about 37 miles (60 km) to the southeast, as a supplemental agricultural location. Unlike the majority of the population of the Solomon Islands who are Melanesian, the islanders of Anuta are Polynesian, and their language, also named Anuta, is a Samoic language branch of the Polynesian language. A 200-word word-list is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.
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