Kaileuna
The 1929 map of the Trobriand Islands shows five villages on Kayleuna
Kaileuna is an island in the Trobriand Islands group of Papua New Guinea. With an area of 45.53 km², it is the second-largest island in the group, after Kiriwina.[1]
As of the census of population of 2000, there were 1,908 people living on the island, in five villages:
- Kaduwaga (645)
- Kaisiga (409)
- Tawema (352)
- Koma (282)
- Giva (220)
A sixth village, Lebola, was uninhabited. Older maps still show a seventh village, Bulakwa, in the very south. The largest village, Kaduwaga, is on the north-west coast of the island.
References
Literature
- Gunter Senft: Landscape terms and place names in the Trobriand Islands – the Kaile’una subset. In: Language Sciences 30 (2008) 340–361 (online)
Coordinates: 8°31′31″S 150°56′58″E / 8.52528°S 150.94944°E
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