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Kiribati (/ ˈ k ɪr ɪ b æ s / ⓘ KIRR-i-bass, [10] Gilbertese:), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), [11] [12] [3] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa atoll.
Kiribati includes Kiritimati (Christmas Atoll; in the Line Islands), the largest coral atoll (in terms of land area, not dimensions) in the world, and Banaba (Ocean Island), one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific. Kiribati straddles the equator in the Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.
Phoenix Islands – UTC+13; Gilbert Islands – UTC+12; Extreme points of Kiribati High: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m (266 ft) Low: Pacific Ocean 0 m; Land boundaries: none; Coastline: Pacific Ocean 1,143 km; Population of Kiribati: 110,000 (2015) - 188th most populous country; Area of Kiribati: 726 km 2; Atlas of Kiribati
This is a list of all of the islands of Kiribati. The Republic of Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one raised coral island. These islands are dispersed throughout the three island groups that form Kiribati: the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands. All but one island, sparsely populated Canton Island, in the Phoenix
Kiritimati is often cited as being the world's largest atoll by land area, however, because Lifou Island and Rennell Island do not have lagoons and therefore end up being overlooked as atolls. [43] In addition to the main island, there are several smaller ones. Cook Island is part of the atoll proper but unconnected to the Kiritimati mainland ...
Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, [1] is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of the island nation of Kiribati. The land area is 33.73 square kilometres (13.02 square miles), and the population in 2015 was 2,315. [ 2 ]
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Banaba [notes 1] (/ b ə ˈ n ɑː b ə /; formerly Ocean Island) is an island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. A solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island Chain , it is the westernmost point of Kiribati, lying 185 miles (298 km) east of Nauru , which is also its nearest neighbour.