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For several millennia, the islands were inhabited by Austronesian peoples who had arrived from the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu.The I-Kiribati or Gilbertese people settled what would become known as the Gilbert Islands (named for British captain Thomas Gilbert by von Krusenstern in 1820) some time in between 3000 BC [1] [2] and 1300 AD. [3]
This page lists the individual Kiribati year pages. It only references years after 1979, when the country gained independence. Twenty-first century. 2020s
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.
Defunct organisations based in Kiribati (2 C) E. Historical events in Kiribati (7 C) F. Former populated places in Kiribati (1 C, 6 P) G. Gilbert and Ellice Islands ...
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
Millennia in Kiribati (4 C) Y. Years in Kiribati (5 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 12 July 2019, at 10:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
As a consequence of the referendum, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony ceased to exist on 1 January 1976 and the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu came into existence. [23] [24] Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 17 September 2000 Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
2020 events in Kiribati by month (2 C) 2024 events in Kiribati by month (1 C) D. Disasters in Kiribati (2 C, 1 P) Disestablishments in Kiribati (4 C) E.