| |||||||||||||
| 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 | 
Genral 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. |
|
|
