• mkukiwamagere@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been there a couple of times! My uncle used to be a buyer for a fish factory supplying Nile Perch. The reason it is so densely populated is because the lake around there used to be loaded with fish, being far from the mainland, most people fish for weeks based off the island and then sell to the buyers and head off to the mainland for r&r until the next tour.

  • GCanuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I couldn’t get a good vibe for the actual size so I looked it up so you don’t have to.

    Area: 2000 m^2 Population: 131

    That means every person gets about a parking space (15 m^2) to themselves.

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      1 year ago

      Off-topic: If the top comment is exactly the additional detail I wanted to know about I have an old school Reddit moment, in the very best way.

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is true, but keep in mind that it’s home to 131 people. That density number makes it sound like thousands but it’s just that the island is very small.