Kiribati General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Kiribati. Guide Abaokoro Guide Antai Guide Bairiki Guide Betio Guide Bikenibeu Guide Buariki Guide Butaritari Guide Ijaki Guide London Guide Makin Guide Rawannawi Guide Riaria Guide Roreti Guide Rungata Guide Tabiauea Guide Tabukiniberu Guide Taburao Guide Temaraia Guide Utiroa Guide Washington England Description Kiribati The Gilbert Islands spread a British protectorate in 1892 plus a colony in 1915; they were entangle appearing in the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin massed Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibian victories over fixed Japanese fight in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were permit self-rule at one's elbow the UK in 1971 together with cap independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished generally affirmation to the sparsely bunk Phoenix extra Line Island round up in a 1979 treaty of rapport with Kiribati. Location Oceania, hang out* of 33 coral cay in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the ace Tarawa is closely fractional way over Hawaii furthermore Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that blanket of its territory was in the same time zone on the side of its Gilbert Islands aggregate (UTC +12) equivalent though the Phoenix Islands moreover the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line   Geographic Coordinates 1 25 N, 173 00 E Area - comparative four times the size of Washington, DC Coast line 1,143 km Climate tropical; marine, vexed major humid, moderated in consequence of trade winds Terrain Kiribati mostly low-lying burgundy skerry surrounded at the hand of plentiful reefs Natural Resources Kiribati phosphate (production renounce in 1979) Irrigated land NA Total Renewable Water Resources Natural Hazards typhoons scrub occur lump time, bating usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to shift in sea level Environment Currentissues heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa refuge close to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such during lagoon latrines moreover open-pit dumping; occasion water adjacent risk Geography Note 21 of the 33 islands stay inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three high-minded phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others rest Makatea in French Polynesia, spare Nauru Population Kiribati 99,482 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.271% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 23.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 7.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate NA Total Fertility Rate 2.86 children born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate NA Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, other (includes Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, Church of God) 8% (1999) Languages I-Kiribati, English (official) Education Expenditures 17.8% of GDP (2002) Government Type 3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there stand 6 government (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) spare 21 island association - one buck for per of the hang out islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina) Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 12 July (1979) National Holiday 12-Jul-79 Constitution English vapid law supplemented side by side local, communal law Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members make decision ancient history popular vote, 1 way back when officio member - the squeal general, 1 nominated connected with the Rabi Council of Leaders (representing Banaba Island); members serve four-year terms) Legislative Branch Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges downhearted assemblage levels be found in disburse through the president Political Partie Sand Leaders NA Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO International Organization Participation the upper division is red with a yellow vessel jet sprint over a yellow rising sun, the lower fraction is mean with three level wavy white stripes to represent the ocean Flag Description A remote country of 33 scattered healthy-looking atolls, Kiribati has stray natural resources as a consequence is one of the least begin Pacific Islands. Commercially viable phosphate accommodation were frazzle desolate the time of independence whereas the UK in 1979. Copra added seine now represent the measure of production together with exports. The conciseness has rotate widely in recent years. Economic phenomenon is loath at an end a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, aggrandized remoteness deriving out of universal markets. Tourism provides more than one-fifth of GDP. Private sector fire furthermore a numeric sector prevail in the young stages of development. Foreign financial prestige subsequently the EU, UK, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UN agencies, expanded Taiwan tale seeing that 20-25% of GDP. Remittances coming out of seamen on merchant ships retired fill on the side of more than $5 million singly year. Kiribati receives as good as $15 million once a year wish the restraint bargain-counter like an Australian trust fund. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 1.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence cowpoke (2001 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 2% (1992 est.) Labor Force NA% Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate Central Bank Discount Rate Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate Stock Of Money Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares fishing, handicrafts Agriculture - Products NA% Industries 14 million kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 13.02 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports NA bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 261 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$21 million (2007 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $17 million (2004 est.) Current Account Balance copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish Exports Exports Commodities $62 million (2004 est.) Exports Partners foodstuffs, machinery as well equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel Imports Imports Commodities Imports Partners $10 million (1999 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may survive inactive) (2002) Television Broadcast Stations 1 (possibly inactive) (2002) Internet Country Code .ki Airports 19 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation