Sunday, September 17, 2006
What do you know about Kiribati?
I must confess that it wasn't until this planned visit that I realised how very little I know about Kiribati except maybe that it consists of atoll islands, limited land size, toddy, their vibrant dancing.. that's about it!! Jenny provided an url on some information on Kiribati.
Some basic facts:
- consists of 33 low-lying coral reefs and atolls, about 20 Approximate of which are permanently inhabited. Its total land area measures around 811 square kilometres (around 313 square miles).
- Islanders, called I-Kiribati, are predominantly of Micronesian origin.
- population of Kiribati est. at 96,335 in 2002, giving the country a population density of 119 persons per sq km (308 per sq mi).
- About one-third of Kiribati’s people live on Tarawa, especially in and around the administrative center of Bairiki.
- English is the official language of Kiribati, and many I-Kiribati speak it in addition to their native language, Gilbertese, an Austronesian language.