Katiu

Katiu, ko Taungataki, tsibiri ne na tsakiyar Tuamotu Archipelago a cikin Polynesia ta Faransa . Tana da nisan kilomita 23.5 (14.6 miles) a yammacin Makemo Atoll. Yana auna kilomita 27 (17 miles) a tsawon tare da matsakaicin faɗin kilomita 12.5 (7.8 miles). Jimlar yankinta, gami da tafkin yana da murabba'in kilomita 232.5 (kilomita 89.8) da kuma yankin ƙasa na kusan murabba'i kilomita 10 (kilominta 4). Akwai ƙananan tsibirai da yawa a gefen arewa maso gabashin doguwar kogi tare da jimlar yankin ƙasa na kimanin murabba'in kilomita 3 (1 murabba'i mil). Tafkinsa yana da alaƙa da teku. Katiu tana da mazauna 250. Babban sana'o'i shine kamun kifi, girbi na copra da noman lu'u-lu'u. Garin da ya fi muhimmanci ana kiransa Toini; yana kan ɗayan tsibirai masu tsawo na arewa maso gabas. Tarihi Mutumin Turai na farko da aka rubuta don isa Katiu shi ne mai binciken teku na Rasha Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen a cikin 1820 a kan jiragen Vostok da Mirni . Ya ba wannan tsibirin suna "Osten-Saken" ko "Saken". Gudanarwa Katiu na cikin Garin Makemo, wanda ya ƙunshi tsibirin Makemo, Haraiki, Marutea Nord, Katiu, Tuanake, Hiti, Tepoto Sud, Rareya, Takume, Taenga da Nihiru. Manazarta