| I-KIRIBATI GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
four times the size of Washington, DC |
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Capital city with population
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Tarawa - 25,154 |
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Forested Land
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38.4% |
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[60th of 193]
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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 |
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Land area > sq. km
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730 km²
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[177th of 206]
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Land use > Arable land
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2.74 %
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[178th of 241]
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Land use > Other
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49.31 %
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[228th of 241]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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47.95 %
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[3rd of 241]
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Largest city with population
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Tarawa - 25,154 |
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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 |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[110th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[100th of 190]
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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) |
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Population density
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119.25 people per sqkm |
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[85th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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135.62 people/m²
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[66th of 204]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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2,619.53 people/km² of arable lan |
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[7th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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730 km²
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[178th of 206]
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Terrain
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs |
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