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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.
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.
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]
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.
This is a list of towns and villages in Kiribati. There are no cities in the country. List of villages. Banaba Island. Banaba. Antereen; Umwa; Tabewa; ...
Southernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world. 41.32 Tirana: Albania: 41.72 Tbilisi (official) Georgia: 41.9 Rome: Italy: 41.9 Vatican City: Vatican City: City-state: 42 Skopje: North Macedonia: 42.23 Tskhinvali: South Ossetia: De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and ...
Belize City was the capital of Belize's predecessor, British Honduras. ... Kiribati: Oceania: South Tarawa is a settlement on the atoll of Tarawa. St. George's
Bairiki is an islet near the Western end of South Tarawa.It is joined to Betio by the Nippon Causeway, which opened in 1989, and is also joined to Naanekai by a causeway, forming part of a continuous road which links South Tarawa from Betio in the West to Bonriki International Airport in the East.