'''Pulau Nieh''' ({{lang-id|'''Pulau Nias'''}}, [[bahaso Nieh]]: '''''Tanö Niha''''') isadolah anpulau islandnan locatedtalatak offdi thepasisia western coast ofbarat [[Sumatra]], Indonesia. Nias is alsoNieh thejuo nameadolah ofnamo theuntuak archipelagokapulauan (''Kepulauan Nias'') ofdi whichma thepulaunyo islandtalatak isdi the centretanganyo, but alsotapi includesjuo thetamasuak [[Kapulauan Batu]] todi thetenggara south-eastpulau and the smallsarato [[Kapulauan Hinako]] to thedi westbaratnyo. Nias IslandPulau coversNieh anmalingkuangi area ofsalaweh {{convert|5,121.3|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}} (including the minor offshore islands). ItSabagian isgadangnyo mostlyadolah adataran lowland arearandah risingjo tokatinggian aroundinggo {{convert|800|m|ft|abbr=on}} abovedi seaateh levelpamukoan lauik. ThereAdo werekiro-kiro 756,.338 inhabitantspanduduak onnan themauni islandpulau (includingtamasuak theKapulauan Batu Islandsjo andpulau minorlapeh offshore islandspantai) atmanuruik thesensus 2010 Census. TheKiro-kiro latestpado estimate for JanuaryJanuari 2014 isbajumlah 788,.132 urang.<ref name="depkes.go.id">http://www.depkes.go.id/downloads/Penduduk%20Kab%20Kota%20Umur%20Tunggal%202014.pdf Estimasi Penduduk Menurut Umur Tunggal Dan Jenis Kelamin 2014 Kementerian Kesehatan</ref>
==GeographyGeografi==
[[File:ID - Nias.png|thumb|left|LocationLokasi of NiasNieh, Indonesia.]]
ItPulau isko locatedtalatak indalam arangkaian chainkapulauan ofsapanjang islandspasisia parallel to the west coast ofbarat [[Sumatra]]; [[Simeulue]] iskiro-kiro abouttalatak {{convert|140|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwestdi barat daya, andjo the [[BatuKapulauan IslandsBatu]] (whichnan aresacaro administeredadministrasi asbagian part ofdari Nias and have andan ethnicallysacaro similaretnis populationsaroman) aretalatak located aboutkiro-kiro {{convert|80|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast.di This chain, which resurfaces in [[Nusa Tenggara]] in the mountainous islands of [[Sumba]] and [[Timor]], is the [[forearc]] of the [[Basin Sumatera Selatan]] along the [[Palung Sunda]] [[zona subduksi]]tenggara.
== Rujuakan ==
At Nias the oceanic plate is being obliquely subducted under the [[Lempengan Sunda]] at the rapid rate of {{convert|52|mm|in|abbr=on}} a year (Milsom).
