'MaianaBold text' is a district of Kiribati and an atoll in the North Gilbert Islands. The --200.121.209.165 23:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC) Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... An Atoll is a type of low, coral island found in tropical oceans and consisting of a coral-algal reef usually surrounding an interior body of water called a lagoon or peninsula. ... The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation Kiribati. ...
Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa.
The most important members of the group, which consists of sixteen low atolls, are Tapiteuca, Arorai, Apemama, Maiana, Marakei, and Nonouti, which cluster near the Equator, and constitute the most easterly link in the chain of islands which make up Micronesia.
The natives are of Malay in type, and until the advent of the white man were given over to savagery and, in some instances, cannabalism.
Gilbert Islands, group of 16 islands, central Pacific, one of the island groups that form the Republic of Kiribati.
The group includes Tarawa, Butaritari (Makin), Little Makin, Marakei, Abaiang, Maiana, Abemama, Kuria, and Aranuka in the north; Nonouti and Tabiteuea in the central region; and Beru, Nikunau, Onotoa, Tamana, and Arorae in the south.
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