Hog Harbour
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Hog Harbour is a village in the island of Espiritu Santo
in Vanuatu
. It is located in northeast Santo, in close proximity to Port Olry
village. The village is a strong base of Presbyterian Church. In 1897, Dr Bowie, who was then a Scottish missionary had first established Presbyterian Church mission in Hog Harbour. The name Hog Harbour had derived from when the explorers in the Island had then anchored in the harbour, amazingly they saw that the habour was then full of pig
s,in light of this, they named it Hogharbour. During the time of the British
–French
Condominium
, Hog Harbour was then the site of the British district administration.
Hog Harbour to date has changed dramatically, with the village growing rapidly in population size. The village has a population of approximately one thousand people. It has English primary and secondary schools respectively. It has a ispensary] which provides medical intervention to the locals.] There is a large Presbyterian Church building which is located at the top of the village's tiny hill. The vast majority of people are members of the Presbyterian Church.
The village has a local chief, who presides over matters and disputes among villagers.
As regards transportation, it has improved dramatically. There are many transport vehicles in the village. They provide daily services for people to Luganville, which is the capital city of Santo. Everybody uses this form of transport to transport their goods to be sold in Luganville.
In light of sports, there is a soccer field located at the centre of the village. Young villagers use the field to play soccer. Rugby is occasionally played on this soccer field. Young people however tended to prefer playing the former rather than the latter.
Espiritu Santo
Espiritu Santo is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of . It belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific region of Melanesia. It is in the Sanma Province of Vanuatu....
in Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
. It is located in northeast Santo, in close proximity to Port Olry
Port Olry
Port Olry is a Francophone town on Espiritu Santo island in the Sanma Province of Vanuatu. Known for its verdant green hills, superb white sand beaches, and snorkeling, the village offers access via an underwater sandbar to two local nature reserve islands at low tide...
village. The village is a strong base of Presbyterian Church. In 1897, Dr Bowie, who was then a Scottish missionary had first established Presbyterian Church mission in Hog Harbour. The name Hog Harbour had derived from when the explorers in the Island had then anchored in the harbour, amazingly they saw that the habour was then full of pig
Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
s,in light of this, they named it Hogharbour. During the time of the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
–French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Condominium
Condominium (international law)
In international law, a condominium is a political territory in or over which two or more sovereign powers formally agree to share equally dominium and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it up into 'national' zones.Although a condominium has always been...
, Hog Harbour was then the site of the British district administration.
Hog Harbour to date has changed dramatically, with the village growing rapidly in population size. The village has a population of approximately one thousand people. It has English primary and secondary schools respectively. It has a ispensary] which provides medical intervention to the locals.] There is a large Presbyterian Church building which is located at the top of the village's tiny hill. The vast majority of people are members of the Presbyterian Church.
The village has a local chief, who presides over matters and disputes among villagers.
As regards transportation, it has improved dramatically. There are many transport vehicles in the village. They provide daily services for people to Luganville, which is the capital city of Santo. Everybody uses this form of transport to transport their goods to be sold in Luganville.
In light of sports, there is a soccer field located at the centre of the village. Young villagers use the field to play soccer. Rugby is occasionally played on this soccer field. Young people however tended to prefer playing the former rather than the latter.