Aur Atoll
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Aur Atoll (Marshallese: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:IPAc-mh[1]) is a coral atoll of 42 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only Script error: No such module "convert"., but it encloses a lagoon with an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. It is located south of Maloelap Atoll. The population of Aur Atoll was 317 in 2021.[2]
History
Aur Atoll was claimed by the German Empire along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1885.[3] After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of Japan. Following the end of World War II, Aur came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. It became part of independent Republic of the Marshall Islands in 1986.
Sister City
Aur Atoll has Taoyuan, Taiwan as a sister city since 2018.
Education
Marshall Islands Public School System operates public schools:[4]
- Aur Elementary School
- Tobal Elementary School
Northern Islands High School on Wotje serves the community.[5]
References
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- ↑ Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
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- ↑ "Public Schools Template:Webarchive." Marshall Islands Public School System. Retrieved on February 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2011-2012 Template:Webarchive." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "Northern Islands High School takes students from the Ratak Ean zone including schools in Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Ailuk, Utrik, Likiep and Mejit."
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