Nora ( English Nora ) - an island in the Dahlak archipelago in the Red Sea , belongs to Eritrea . The area of the island is 105.15 km² [1] . The island is 17.0 km long and 16.3 km wide [2] . Height - 37 meters above sea level (in the northeast) [3] .
| Nora | |
|---|---|
| English Nora | |
 Nora Island - view from space | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 105.15 km² |
| Population | 373 people (2009) |
| Population density | 3.55 people / km² |
| Location | |
| Water area | Red sea |
| A country |
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| Region | Samian kay bahri |
The island's population is 373 people in 66 households (as of 2009) [4] .
Like the other two inhabited islands of the archipelago (Dahlak-Kebir and Dehil (Dohul)), the inhabitants of Nora speak Dahlik [5] .
The main settlement of the island is Nora [6] .
Notes
- ↑ PNAS Islands Database
- ↑ Measured by satellite image posted on the Wikimapia website
- ↑ Topographic map of the General Staff of the USSR 1: 200,000, map sheet D37-04
- ↑ The Danish Society for the Living Sea: Clean drinking water for two island communities of Eritrea Archived August 9, 2014 by Wayback Machine (2011)
- ↑ Marie-Claude SIMEONE-SENELLE: A survey of the Dahalik language, an Afro-Semitic language spoken exclusively in Eritrea (2005)
- ↑ Topographic map of the General Staff of the USSR 1: 200,000, map sheet D37-05