Katiu

Katiu
atoll (en) da reef island (en)
Bayanai
Bangare na	Tuamotus (en)
Suna a harshen gida	Katiu
Ƙasa	Faransa
Kasancewa a yanki na lokaci	UTC−10:00 (mul)
Wuri a ina ko kusa da wace teku	Pacific Ocean
Ƙasantuwa a yanayin ƙasa	Tuamotus (en)
Time of discovery or invention (en)	15 ga Yuli, 1820
Wuri
16°26′S 144°22′W
Sashen gudanarwa	Overseas France (en)
Overseas collectivity of France (en)	French Polynesia (en)
Administrative subdivision of French Polynesia (en)	Iles Tuamotu-Gambier (en)
Commune of French Polynesia (en)	Makemo (en)

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.