{"id":9629,"date":"2024-09-08T20:15:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T20:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/staging\/?page_id=9629"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:57:27","slug":"kiribati","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/destinations\/australia-and-oceania\/kiribati\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiribati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officially the\u00a0Republic of Kiribati,\u00a0Kiribati is located in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania.\u00a0Kiribati have a population of 119,000 people\u00a0as of the\u00a02020 census; more than half of them live on the\u00a0Tarawa atoll. Comprising\u00a032 atolls\u00a0and one isolated elevated\u00a0coral island,\u00a0Banaba, the nation is an\u00a0archipelago\u00a0measuring\u00a0811 square kilometers\u00a0(313 square miles).\u00a0Kiribati, with its somewhat little landmass, covers a large oceanic area of\u00a03,441,810 square kilometers\u00a0(1,328,890 square miles).<\/p>\n<p>Being the only nation in the world situated in all four hemispheres\u2014Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern\u2014Kiribati\u00a0has a particular topographical difference. This results from its spreading over the\u00a0180th meridian\u00a0and the\u00a0equator. Unusually veering around\u00a0Kiribati, the\u00a0International Date Line\u00a0makes a long journey towards the east almost to\u00a0150\u00b0W.\u00a0Kiribati\u2019s easternmost islands, the southern\u00a0Line Islands, are among the first to see each new day worldwide, at\u00a0UTC+14\u00a0as they are in the same time zone as the\u00a0Gilbert Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Kiribati\u00a0became an independent state when it broke away from the\u00a0United Kingdom\u00a0in\u00a01979. Comprising multiple islets linked by causeways, the major city,\u00a0South Tarawa, is the most heavily populated location in the\u00a0Tarawa Atoll\u00a0overall.\u00a0Phosphates exports\u00a0greatly helped\u00a0Kiribati\u2019s economy\u00a0before independence, however these resources have just run out. Today, the economy mostly depends on\u00a0fisheries\u00a0and\u00a0copra exports; international aid is rather important since this country is among the\u00a0least developed ones in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Among the various international organizations\u00a0Kiribati\u00a0actively participates in are the\u00a0Pacific Community, the\u00a0Commonwealth of Nations, the\u00a0International Monetary Fund, the\u00a0World Bank, and the\u00a0Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States. In\u00a01999\u00a0it became a full\u00a0UN member.\u00a0Kiribati\u00a0is especially sensitive as an\u00a0island nation\u00a0to the effects of\u00a0tsunamis\u00a0and\u00a0climate change. Especially as a member of the\u00a0Alliance of Small Island States, its diplomatic strategy revolves mostly on overcoming these obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>Three non-contiguous traditional geographic subregions comprise the nation\u2019s large\u00a0exclusive economic zone (EEZ):\u00a0Banaba\u00a0(Melanesian-Micronesian area), the\u00a0Gilbert Islands\u00a0(Micronesia), and the\u00a0Line and Phoenix Islands\u00a0(Polynesia). The island communities consist of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Banaba: An isolated island between Nauru and the Gilbert Islands.<\/li>\n<li>Gilbert Islands: Comprising 16 atolls located approximately 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) north of Fiji.<\/li>\n<li>Phoenix Islands: Consisting of 8 atolls and coral islands situated about 1,800 kilometers (1,118 miles) southeast of the Gilberts.<\/li>\n<li>Line Islands: Featuring 8 atolls and one reef, located roughly 3,300 kilometers (2,051 miles) east of the Gilberts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Based at\u00a0Tarawa\u2019s Bonriki International Airport,\u00a0Air Kiribati\u00a0and\u00a0Coral Sun Airways\u00a0mostly handle\u00a0domestic air travel\u00a0for\u00a0Kiribati. Although\u00a0Banaba\u00a0and the\u00a0Phoenix Islands\u00a0are not served by these carriers, these airlines link several islands within the\u00a0Gilbert\u00a0and\u00a0Line Islands. From\u00a0Cassidy International Airport\u00a0on\u00a0Kiritimati, there are\u00a0international flights;\u00a0Fiji Airways\u00a0flies to\u00a0Nadi\u00a0and\u00a0Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p>Kiribati, often known as\u00a0I-Kiribati, inhabitants historically resided in tiny settlements on offshore islands, with numbers ranging from 50 to 3,000. Usually,\u00a0coconut\u00a0and\u00a0pandanus tree products\u00a0are used in construction of their residences. Many islands depend on the sea for food and money as regular\u00a0droughts\u00a0and bad soil conditions make large-scale farming difficult. Common livelihoods include\u00a0outrigger sailing\u00a0and\u00a0fishing;\u00a0copra farms\u00a0provide other job prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Betio\u00a0is the biggest town in the urban capital of\u00a0Tarawa, where there has been a notable influx recently. From 17,921 in 1978 to a projected 69,710 in 2024,\u00a0South Tarawa\u2019s population\u00a0has increased. Ethnically\u00a0Oceanian, a subgroup of\u00a0Austronesians, the\u00a0I-Kiribati\u00a0have a millennia-old history of habitation. Around the 14th century,\u00a0Fijians,\u00a0Samoans, and\u00a0Tongans\u00a0invaded the islands, bringing\u00a0Polynesian language features\u00a0and therefore diversifying the ethnic scene. Intermarriage among several groups has produced a people with quite uniform look and customs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officially the\u00a0Republic of Kiribati,\u00a0Kiribati is located in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania.\u00a0Kiribati have a population of 119,000 people\u00a0as of the\u00a02020 census; more than half of them live on the\u00a0Tarawa atoll. Comprising\u00a032 atolls\u00a0and one isolated elevated\u00a0coral island,\u00a0Banaba, the nation is an\u00a0archipelago\u00a0measuring\u00a0811 square kilometers\u00a0(313 square miles).\u00a0Kiribati, with its somewhat little landmass, covers a large oceanic area of\u00a03,441,810 square kilometers\u00a0(1,328,890 square miles).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4614,"parent":24105,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9629","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":9629},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9629\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}