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Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator; the capital Tarawa is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line .
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds .
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| Area Total :
| 811 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 811 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 0 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| four times the size of Washington, DC .
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| Coast Line :
| 1,143 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 670 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 670 km .
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| Waterways :
| 5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2003) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Banaba, Betio, English Harbour, Kanton .
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Map Bairiki Southern Tarawa 1960,
Map Bairiki Southern Tarawa 1961,
Map Bairiki Southern Tarawa 1962,
Map Bairiki Southern Tarawa 1963,
Map Bairiki Southern Tarawa 1964,
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Population on 07-Nov-00 : 36717
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South Tarawa (in Gilbertese and English: Teinainano Urban Council or abr. TUC) is the official capital of the Republic of Kiribati on Tarawa Atoll. The meaning of Teinainano is "down of the mast", alluding to the sail-shape of the atoll.
The South Tarawa population center consists of all the small islets between Bairiki (on the west) to Temaiku/Bonriki on the east. All of several once separate islets are joined by causeways, forming one long islet on the reef along the southern side of the Tarawa Lagoon. There is also a relatively new causeway—the Japanese Causeway—that links South Tarawa to Betio. South Tarawa is located at 1°19' North, 172°58' East (1.31667, 172.9667). [1]
There is a Kiribati Teacher College and one University of the South Pacific centre on South Tarawa. Bairiki is sometimes considered the capital of Kiribati because at one time both the Parliament and the Presidency (and main administrative offices) were located there. The Parliament meets on Ambo islet; various ministries are scattered between South Tarawa, Betio and Christmas Island (ministry of the Line and Phoenix islands).
The Roman Catholic diocese and the Kiribati Protestant Church (Congregational) are situated on South Tarawa.
Bairiki (executive), Ambo (legislative), Betio (judicial) are the main sites of the capital.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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