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South Tarawa (Gilbertese: Tarawa Teinainano) is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. [2] The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki and Tanaea in the north-east, connected by the South Tarawa main road, with a population of 63,439 as of 2020.
English: Locator map of the municipalities of South Tarawa (shown in orange) and North Tarawa (shown in green) within the atoll of Tarawa, in Kiribati. Date 28 February 2023
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.
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1.3.2 South Tarawa. 1.4 Central Gilbert Islands. 1.4.1 Maiana. 1.4.2 Abemama. 1.4.3 Kuria. 1.4.4 Aranuka. ... Map of Kiribati. This is a list of towns and villages in ...
Betio is the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa, and the country's main port. The settlement is located on a separate islet at the extreme southwest of the atoll. Japanese causeway between Betio and Bairiki. Betio Post Office opened on 5 April 1957 and closed in 1964. [1]
French captain Louis Duperrey was the first to map the whole Gilbert Islands archipelago. He commanded La Coquille on its circumnavigation of the earth (1822–1825). [13] Map of Abaiang and Tarawa, from US Ex Ex
Map of the Tarawa atoll showing the location of Biketawa. Biketawa is one of the twenty-four small islets which comprise the atoll of Tarawa in the Republic of Kiribati. The capital of Kiribati, South Tarawa, is located on Tarawa. The 2000 Biketawa Declaration on Pacific regional security takes its name from Biketawa. [1]