Tobi Island

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Tobi Island is a small, remote coral island in the Republic of Palau, notable as the home of the Tobian people and their indigenous Tobian language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tobi Island canonical 3
Tobal Island 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coral island
country Palau
hasAlternativeName Hatohobei
hasAlternativeSpelling Tobi
hasClimate tropical climate
hasCulturalHeritage indigenous Tobian traditions
hasDemographicCharacteristic small indigenous community
hasEconomicActivity small-scale agriculture
subsistence fishing
hasEducationLanguage English
Palauan
hasEnvironment coral reef environment
hasEthnicGroup Tobian people
hasFeature fringing reef
lagoon
hasIndigenousLanguage Tobian language
hasLocalLanguage Tobian language
hasMarineResources coral reefs
reef fish
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Philippine Sea
hasOfficialLanguage English
Palauan
hasPopulation small population
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity
hasRisk sea level rise vulnerability
vulnerability to tropical storms
hasSettlementType rural community
hasTraditionalCulture Tobian culture
hasTraditionalSubsistence fishing
taro cultivation
hasTransportation boat access
inhabitedBy Tobian people
isCoralIsland true
isCulturallyAssociatedWith Micronesia
isOneOf southernmost islands of Palau
isPartOfRegion Southwest Islands of Palau
linked to: Southwest Palau
isPoliticallyPartOf state of Hatohobei
isRemote true
languageSpoken Tobian language
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Republic of Palau
linked to: Palau

Southwest Islands of Palau
linked to: Southwest Palau
locatedInTimeZone UTC+9
partOf Palau
Southwest Islands chain
sovereignState Palau

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tobian language spokenIn Tobi Island
Bok Island hasNearbyFeature Tobal Island
linked to: Tobi Island
Tobian people indigenousTo Tobi Island
Hatohobei hasIsland Tobi Island