2. 2
Contents
Explanatory notes....................................................................................................................p. 3
Main sources ...........................................................................................................................p. 4
Some basic facts......................................................................................................................p. 5
Island groups...........................................................................................................................p. 6
Divisions/division by islands..................................................................................................p. 7
Islands and atolls.....................................................................................................................p. 8
Lakes.....................................................................................................................................p. 10
Populated places....................................................................................................................p. 11
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3. 3
Explanatory notes
Alphabetization.
The order of letters throughout each name is followed strictly:
Tenatorua
Te Ora
Tereitaki
Coordinates.
For area features (e.g. islands), the coordinates indicate the approximate centre of the feature.
Coordinates are given in degrees ( º ) and minutes ( ′ ), in most cases also seconds ( ″ ).
You will find the locations on Google Earth by copying/pasting the coordinates into Google
Earth’s search field.
4. 4
Main sources
2015 population and housing census. Volume 1 : Management report and basic tables /
Republic of Kiribati. - Bairiki, Tarawa : National Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance, 2016.
https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-
docs/files/f7/f7cfec2ebf832f6234b03342eb99c4e3.pdf?sv=2015 -12-
11&sr=b&sig=H%2ByZ49P0WknjedfhRVwWpxlDS1LtIEVSJGBiiTmvkTk%3D&se=2022-
08-31T13%3A06%3A27Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2C%20max-
stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D"Kiribati_2015
_Population_Census_Report_Vol_1.pdf"
Climate change : Republic of Kiribati : island reports.
https://www.climate.gov.ki/about-kiribati/island-reports-2012/
Google Earth
Kiribati census atlas / Pacific Community. - Noumea, New Caledonia : Pacific Community,
2022
https://nso.gov.ki/population/kiribati-census-atlas-2022/
OpenStreetMap.
https://www.openstreetmap.org
Pacific island names : a map and name guide to the new Pacific / Lee S. Motteler. - Honolulu
: Bishop Museum Press, 1986. - (Bishop Museum miscellaneous publication ; 34). - ISBN 0-
930897-12-9
5. 5
Some basic facts
Name: Kiribati; Republic of Kiribati
Local name: Kiribati; Ribaberiki Kiribati
Former name: Gilbert Islands (1976-1979). Before 1 Jan. 1976: part of the
Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony
Independence: 12 July 1979
Area: 810.8 km²
Population (2020 census): 119,438
Southernmost point: Flint, 11º 26′ 46″ S (151º 48′ 39″ W)
Northernmost point: Makin, 3º 23′ 42″ N (173º 00′ 23″ E)
Westernmost point: Banaba, 169º 31′ 18″ E (0º 51′ 16″ S)
Easternmost point: Caroline, 150º 11′ 45″ W (9º 57′ 09″ S)
Capital: Bairiki, on South Tarawa
Largest atoll: Kiritimati, 388.39 km², the largest atoll in the world
Highest point: 81 metres, unnamed, on Banaba, 0º 51′ 31″ S, 169º 32′ 06″ E