Kiribati officially the Republic of Kiribati is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. Kiribati Information shares that Kiribati comprises 33 atolls dispersed over 135100 square miles straddling the equator and the borders of the International Date Line to the west.
Kiribati consists of about 32 atolls and one island (Banaba). At least one of these atolls or island is located in either of the hemisphere. The groups of islands are:
Banaba: located between Nauru and the Gilbert Islands.
Gilbert Islands : 16 atolls located some 930 miles north of Fiji
Phoenix Islands : 8 atolls and coral islands located some 1,100 miles southeast of the Gilberts
Line Islands : 8 atolls and one reef, located about 2,050 miles east of the Gilberts.
According to Kiribati Information , natural resources are very few in Kiribati . During the time of independence phosphate deposits were exhausted at a great scale. Copra and fish now represent the bulk of production and exports. Tourism provides more than one-fifth of GDP.
The people of Kiribati speak a dialect called Gilbertese. But English is the official language though not used very often outside the capital of Tarawa. It is more likely that English is mixed in its use with Gilbertese.
As per the available information on Kiribati , the population has a life expectancy at birth of 60 years (57 for males, and 63 for females) and an infant mortality rate of 54 deaths per 1,000 live births.
The people of Kiribati mostly live in villages with populations between 50 and 3,000 on the outer islands. Most houses are made of materials obtained from coconut. This is because of the fact that this place is a coastal region and coconut trees predominate over the other. Among the natural hazards drought is very common which hinders agriculture to a large scale. Dwellers here thus mostly confine themselves within the sea livelihood. Occupation includes sailing and fishing. Plantation of copra serve as a second source of employment. In recent years, large numbers of citizens have moved to the more urban island capital of Tarawa.
A traveler or tourist will definitely find the above information useful and handy. Kiribati is a developing tourist centre and thus economy is booming through the tourism industry.
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