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Kiribati is the country with the third highest prevalence of smoking in the world, with 54–57% of the population reported as smokers. [172] Due to this and other " lifestyle diseases ", such as type 2 diabetes , [ 173 ] there has been a drastic spike in amputations on the islands, doubling in a few years.
Countries and territories that are intersected by the equator (red) or the Prime Meridian (blue), which intersect at "Null Island". The Equator during the boreal winter, spanning from December to March. The equator is the circle of latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
The country subsequently experienced rapid economic development, but earnings from the country's oil wealth have not reached the population and the country ranks low on the UN human development index. 7.9% of children die before the age of 5, and more than 50% of the population lacks access to clean drinking water. [15]
This is a list of countries by easternmost point on land (dependent territories included). The order does not always reflect how close a country's territory is to the 180th meridian . Russia, Fiji, and Antarctica are notable exceptions because the 180th meridian passes through them.
The country's name means "Equator" in Spanish, truncated from the Spanish official name, República del Ecuador (lit."Republic of the Equator"), derived from the former Ecuador Department of Gran Colombia established in 1824 as a division of the former territory of the Royal Audience of Quito.
The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong, 926 km (500 nmi) to the east. The islands are found at the coordinates 1°40'N–1°36'S, 89°16'–92°01'W. Straddling the equator, islands in the chain are located in both the northern and southern hemispheres, with Volcán Wolf and Volcán Ecuador on Isla ...
Nauru is an oval-shaped island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 42 km (26 mi) south of the Equator, listed as the world's smallest republic, covering just 21 km 2 (8 sq mi). [21] With 12,511 residents, it is the third least-populated country , after Vatican City and Tuvalu .
The 18th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 18 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean.