Poland is a village in Kiribati, located on the westernmost part of the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands.
Poland | |
|---|---|
Village | |
.JPG) Church of St. Stanislaw in 2007. | |
  Poland | |
| Coordinates: 1°51′52″N 157°33′07″W / 1.86444°N 157.55194°W | |
| Country |  Kiribati |
| Local council | Kiritimati |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 441 |
| Time zone | UTC+14 |
Name
editPoland was named in honor of Polish mechanic Stanisław Pełczyński, who greatly improved the island's coconut plantation by introducing a modified irrigation system that could effectively water palm trees during the dry season.[1][2]
Demographics
editIn 2010, Poland was inhabited by 441 people. [3] The great majority of the population of Kiritimati as of 1989 lived in the Banana, London, or Poland villages.[4]
Infrastructure
editPoland has a kindergarten, a primary school, and a Catholic church. [5][6]
Climate
editIn 2013, the Ministry of Environment in Warsaw, Poland produced a video featuring the village to highlight its sea level rise problem. The video was shown at the COP19.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Christmas Island". 2010.
- ^ "Dr. Przemysław Osóbka – Activities of Stanisław Pełczyński". December 12, 2016.
- ^ "Report on the Kiribati 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). August 2012.
- ^ Scott, Derek A., ed. (1993). "Teeb'aki, Republic of Kiribati" (PDF). A Directory of Wetlands in Oceania (Report). [i] Slimbridge, UK; [ii] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: [i] International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau; [ii] Asian Wetland Bureau. pp. 199–228. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Poland Helps Poland. Part 4 – Another phase begins!". September 1, 2015.
- ^ "Church of St. Stanislaw".
- ^ Lee, Caitlin (31 January 2014). "Winning Warsaw: Poland's Paternalism Hosts UNFCCC Negotiations". Washington University Political Review.