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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.
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.
Geography of Kiribati. Kiribati is: an island country; Location: Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Pacific Ocean. South Pacific Oceania. Micronesia; Time zones: Line Islands – UTC+14; 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
1 Geography. Toggle Geography subsection. 1.1 Islands of the Gilberts. 1.2 Northern Gilberts. ... They constitute the main part of the country of Kiribati ...
Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati, [1] [2] [3] in the Micronesia region of the central Pacific Ocean. It comprises North Tarawa, which has 6,629 inhabitants and much in common with other more remote islands of the Gilbert group, and South Tarawa, which has 56,388 inhabitants as of 2015, half of the country's total population.
Kiritimati comprises over 70% of the total land area of Kiribati, a country encompassing 33 Pacific atolls and islands. [ 3 ] It lies 232 km (144 mi) north of the equator , 2,160 km (1,340 mi) south of Honolulu , and 5,360 km (3,330 mi) from San Francisco .
Kiribati geography-related lists (7 P) E. Ecoregions of Kiribati (4 P) L. Landforms of Kiribati (3 C, 2 P) Landmarks in Kiribati (1 C) N. Natural disasters in ...
The capital of Kiribati, South Tarawa, lies 1,765 km (1,097 mi) to the west. As of 2015, the population was 20, down from 61 in 2000. [1] [2] The island's sole village, Tebaronga, is located on the northwest point, below the airstrip. Kiribati declared the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006