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The name Onotoa means 'six giants'. The legend is told that a hunchback woman from Tarawa, living in a village of
Nuatabu, had six sons who made fun of her deformity. She ran away to Onotoa. The sons followed her and built her a home by piling up huge coral boulders - the remnants of which can be
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close to the northernmost village of Tekawa, the boat channel and wharf at the southern islet of
Tabuarorae, the Junior Secondary School located between Otoae and Aiaki, and the main Council offices located between Temao and Buariki.
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Onotoa is a low lying atoll with a land area of 15.62 square kilometres (6.03 sq mi). It has 7 villages with
Tabuarorae, an islet, located at the southernmost end of the island followed by Aiaki, Otoae, Temao,
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