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Capital Kiribati : |
Tarawa .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Kiribati :
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| Climate Kiribati :
| tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds .
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| Life expectancy Kiribati :
| 61.32 years .
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| Fertility rate Kiribati :
| 4.24 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Kiribati :
| republic .
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| Population Kiribati :
| 100,798 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Kiribati :
| 811 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Kiribati :
| 4,500 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Kiribati :
| 500 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Kiribati :
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| Sex ratio total Kiribati :
| 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Kiribati ratio under 15 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Kiribati ratio 15 64 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Kiribati ratio 65 :
| 0.75 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Kiribati :
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| HIV Kiribati :
| NA |
| Population below poverty line Kiribati :
| NA |
| Literacy Kiribati :
| NA |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Kiribati :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Kiribati :
| NA |
| Inflation Kiribati :
| 2.5% (2001 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Kiribati :
| 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) |
| Internet Users Kiribati :
| 2,000 (2002) |
| Location Kiribati :
| 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 (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line |
| Geographic Coordinates Kiribati :
| 1 25 N, 173 00 E |
| Religion Kiribati :
| Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999) |
| Administrative region Kiribati :
| 3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina) |
| Terrain Kiribati :
| mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs |
| Elevation extremes lowest Kiribati :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Kiribati :
| unnamed location on Banaba 81 m |
| Natural resources Kiribati :
| phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) |
| Land use arable land Kiribati :
| 2,74% |
| Land use permanentcrops Kiribati :
| 50,68% |
| Irrigated land Kiribati :
| NA sq km |
| Natural hazards Kiribati :
| 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 |
| Environment current issues Kiribati :
| heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk |
| Geography note Kiribati :
| 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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