Independence Year : 1979
Population : 83000
Life Expectancy : 59.8
Capital : 2256
GNP : 40.70
GNP Old : 0.00
Local Name : Kiribati
Government Form : Republic
Location : Oceania, Central Pacific Ocean
Terrain : Archipelagos of low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
Climate : Maritime equatorial to tropical, dry season from May through October, rainy season from November through April
Ethnic Group : Micronesian 98%, some Polynesian.
Religions : Roman Catholic 53%, Kiribati Protestant 39%.
Official Website :
www.embassy-avenue.jp
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General Information - Kiribati
Background
The independent republic of Kiribati consists of a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean straddling the equator, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.
It includes three major island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, and Phoenix Islands.
Formerly part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of Tuvalu in 1978, the Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.
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