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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.
In 2010, Banana was inhabited by 955 people, making it the third most populous of the four villages on the island. [2] The great majority of the population of Kiritimati as of 1989 lived in the Banana, London , or Poland villages.
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During these tests, the island was not evacuated, exposing the i-Kiribati residents and the British, New Zealand, and Fijian servicemen to nuclear radiation. The entire island is a wildlife sanctuary; [4] access to five particularly sensitive areas is restricted. [1]
1.1 Banaba Island. 1.1.1 Banaba. ... Map of Kiribati. This is a list of towns and villages in Kiribati. There are no cities in the country.
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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.
A map of Kiribati Kiribati's Gilbert Islands. The total land area mass total 811 km 2 (313 sq mi). It includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands. Most of the land on these islands is less than two metres above sea level. [2] Including the amount of water, the total water and land area is 2485 square miles.