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Oceania > Kiribati > Geography

I-KIRIBATI GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
four times the size of Washington, DC
Capital city with population Tarawa - 25,154
Forested Land 38.4% [60th of 193]
Geography > Note
21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru
Land area > sq. km 730 km² ... [177th of 206]
Land use > Arable land 2.74 % [178th of 241]
Land use > Other 49.31 % [228th of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops 47.95 % [3rd of 241]
Largest city with population Tarawa - 25,154
Location
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 (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [110th of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [100th of 190]
Natural hazards
typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them very sensitive to changes in sea level
Natural resources
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
Population density 119.25 people per sqkm [85th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 135.62 people/m² ... [66th of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 2,619.53 people/km² of arable lan ... [7th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 730 km² ... [178th of 206]
Terrain
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; Heal The World Foundation.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati

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