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World Gazetteer Results for Abaokoro:
NameAbaokoro
Geographical TypeLocality
Population783
Latitude
Longitude
CountryKiribati
Administrative DivisionTamana
Dictionary Results for Kiribati:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Kiribati
    n 1: an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the
         south of the equator [syn: Kiribati, Republic of
         Kiribati]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Kiribati

   Introduction Kiribati
   ---------------------
                             Background: The Gilbert Islands were granted
                                         self-rule by the UK in 1971 and
                                         complete independence in 1979 under
                                         the new name of Kiribati. The US
                                         relinquished all claims to the
                                         sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line
                                         Island groups in a 1979 treaty of
                                         friendship with Kiribati.
  
   Geography Kiribati
   ------------------
                              Location: Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in
                                        the Pacific Ocean, straddling the
                                        equator; the capital Tarawa is about
                                        one-half of the way from Hawaii to
                                        Australia; note - on 1 January 1995,
                                        Kiribati proclaimed that all of its
                                        territory lies in the same time zone
                                        as its Gilbert Islands group (GMT
                                        +12) even though the Phoenix Islands
                                        and the Line Islands under its
                                        jurisdiction lie on the other side
                                        of the International Date Line
                Geographic coordinates: 1 25 N, 173 00 E
                        Map references: Oceania
                                  Area: total: 811 sq km
                                        note: includes three island groups -
                                        Gilbert Islands, Line Islands,
                                        Phoenix Islands
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 811 sq km
                    Area - comparative: four times the size of Washington,
                                        DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 1,143 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical; marine, hot and humid,
                                        moderated by trade winds
                               Terrain: mostly low-lying coral atolls
                                        surrounded by extensive reefs
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location on
                                        Banaba 81 m
                     Natural resources: phosphate (production discontinued
                                        in 1979)
                              Land use: arable land: 0%
                                        permanent crops: 50.68%
                                        other: 49.32% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: typhoons can occur any time, but
                                        usually November to March;
                                        occasional tornadoes; low level of
                                        some of the islands make them very
                                        sensitive to changes in sea level
          Environment - current issues: heavy pollution in lagoon of south
                                        Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration
                                        mixed with traditional practices
                                        such as lagoon latrines and open-pit
                                        dumping; ground water at risk
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: 21 of the 33 islands are inhabited;
                                        Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is
                                        one of the three great phosphate
                                        rock islands in the Pacific Ocean -
                                        the others are Makatea in French
                                        Polynesia, and Nauru
  
   People Kiribati
   ---------------
                            Population: 96,335 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 40.2% (male 19,588;
                                        female 19,092)
                                        15-64 years: 56.6% (male 26,905;
                                        female 27,625)
                                        65 years and over: 3.2% (male 1,339;
                                        female 1,786) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.28% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 31.58 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 8.76 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 52.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 60.54 years
                                        female: 63.62 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 57.61 years
                  Total fertility rate: 4.32 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: I-Kiribati (singular and
                                        plural)
                                        adjective: I-Kiribati
                         Ethnic groups: predominantly Micronesian with some
                                        Polynesian
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant
                                        (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-
                                        Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i,
                                        Latter-day Saints, and Church of God
                                        (1999)
                             Languages: I-Kiribati, English (official)
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: NA%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Kiribati
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Kiribati
                                        conventional short form: Kiribati
                                        former: Gilbert Islands
                                        note: pronounced kir-ih-bahss
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Tarawa
              Administrative divisions: 3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line
                                        Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in
                                        addition, there are 6 districts
                                        (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line
                                        Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern
                                        Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island
                                        councils - one for each of the
                                        inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama,
                                        Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru,
                                        Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati,
                                        Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei,
                                        Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea,
                                        Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
                          Independence: 12 July 1979 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 12 July (1979)
                          Constitution: 12 July 1979
                          Legal system: NA
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Teburoro
                                        TITO (since 1 October 1994); Vice
                                        President Beniamina TIINGA (since NA
                                        December 2000); note - the president
                                        is both the chief of state and head
                                        of government
                                        elections: the House of Parliament
                                        chooses the presidential candidates
                                        from among their members and then
                                        those candidates compete in a
                                        general election; president is
                                        elected by popular vote for a four-
                                        year term; election last held 27
                                        November 1998 (next to be held by
                                        November 2002); vice president
                                        appointed by the president
                                        election results: Teburoro TITO
                                        reelected president; percent of vote
                                        - Teburoro TITO 52.3%, Dr. Harry
                                        TONG 45.8%, Amberoti NIKORA 1.9%,
                                        Taberannang TIMEON 0%
                                        cabinet: 12-member Cabinet appointed
                                        by the president from among the
                                        members of the House of Parliament
                                        head of government: President
                                        Teburoro TITO (since 1 October
                                        1994); Vice President Beniamina
                                        TIINGA (since NA December 2000);
                                        note - the president is both the
                                        chief of state and head of
                                        government
                    Legislative branch: unicameral House of Parliament or
                                        Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (42 seats; 39
                                        elected by popular vote, one ex
                                        officio member - the attorney
                                        general, one appointed to represent
                                        Banaba, and one other; members serve
                                        four-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 23 September
                                        1998 (next to be held by October
                                        2002)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party -
                                        Maneaban Te Mauri Party 14, National
                                        Progressive Party 11, independents
                                        14
                       Judicial branch: Court of Appeal; High Court; 26
                                        Magistrates' courts; judges at all
                                        levels are appointed by the
                                        president
         Political parties and leaders: Maneaban Te Mauri Party [Teburoro
                                        TITO]; National Progressive Party
                                        [Teatao TEANNAKI]
                                        note: there is no tradition of
                                        formally organized political parties
                                        in Kiribati; they more closely
                                        resemble factions or interest groups
                                        because they have no party
                                        headquarters, formal platforms, or
                                        party structures
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD,
                         participation: ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS,
                                        ILO, IMF, ITU, OPCW, Sparteca, SPC,
                                        SPF, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WTrO
                                        (applicant)
   Diplomatic representation in the US: Kiribati does not have an embassy in
                                        the US; there is an honorary
                                        consulate in Honolulu
     Diplomatic representation from the the US does not have an embassy in
                                    US: Kiribati; the ambassador to the
                                        Marshall Islands is accredited to
                                        Kiribati
                      Flag description: the upper half is red with a yellow
                                        frigate bird flying over a yellow
                                        rising sun, and the lower half is
                                        blue with three horizontal wavy
                                        white stripes to represent the ocean
  
   Economy Kiribati
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: A remote country of 33 scattered
                                        coral atolls, Kiribati has few
                                        national resources. Commercially
                                        viable phosphate deposits were
                                        exhausted at the time of
                                        independence from the UK in 1979.
                                        Copra and fish now represent the
                                        bulk of production and exports. The
                                        economy has fluctuated widely in
                                        recent years. Economic development
                                        is constrained by a shortage of
                                        skilled workers, weak
                                        infrastructure, and remoteness from
                                        international markets. Tourism
                                        provides more than one-fifth of GDP.
                                        The financial sector is at an early
                                        stage of development as is the
                                        expansion of private sector
                                        initiatives. Foreign financial aid,
                                        from UK, Japan, Australia, New
                                        Zealand, and China, is a critical
                                        supplement to GDP, equal to 25%-50%
                                        of GDP in recent years. Remittances
                                        from workers abroad account for more
                                        than $5 million each year.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $79
                                        million (2001 est.), supplemented by
                                        a nearly equal amount from external
                                        sources
                GDP - real growth rate: 1.5% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $840 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 30%
                                        industry: 7%
                                        services: 63% (1998 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 7,870 economically active, not
                                        including subsistence farmers (1985
                                        est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $28.4 million
                                        expenditures: $37.2 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA million (2000 est.)
                            Industries: fishing, handicrafts
     Industrial production growth rate: 0.7% (1991 est.)
              Electricity - production: 7 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 6.51 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet
                                        potatoes, vegetables; fish
                               Exports: $6 million (f.o.b., 1998)
                 Exports - commodities: copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
                    Exports - partners: Japan, Bangladesh, US, Australia,
                                        Brazil, Poland (2000)
                               Imports: $44 million (c.i.f., 1999)
                 Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment,
                                        miscellaneous manufactured goods,
                                        fuel
                    Imports - partners: Australia, Japan, Fiji, Poland, US
                                        (2000)
                       Debt - external: $10 million (1999 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $15.5 million (1995), largely from
                                        UK and Japan
                              Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
                         Currency code: AUD
                        Exchange rates: Australian dollars per US dollar -
                                        1.9354 (January 2002), 1.9320
                                        (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497
                                        (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: NA
  
   Communications Kiribati
   -----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 3,800 (1999)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
                      Telephone system: general assessment: NA
                                        domestic: NA
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
  
                                        note: Kiribati is being linked to
                                        the Pacific Ocean Cooperative
                                        Telecommunications Network, which
                                        should improve telephone service
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1
                                        note: the FM and shortwave stations
                                        may be inactive (2002)
                                Radios: 17,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (not reported to be active) (2002)
                           Televisions: 1,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ki
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 1,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Kiribati
   -----------------------
                               Railways: 0 km
                               Highways: total: 670 km
                                         paved: NA km
                                         unpaved: NA km
                                         note: 27 km are paved in South
                                         Tarawa (2001)
                              Waterways: 5 km (small network of canals in
                                         Line Islands)
                      Ports and harbors: Banaba, Betio, English Harbour,
                                         Kanton
                        Merchant marine: total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over)
                                         totaling 1,291 GRT/1,295 DWT
                                         ships by type: passenger/cargo 1
                                         (2002 est.)
                               Airports: 21 (2001)
          Airports - with paved runways: total: 4
                                         1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2001)
        Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 17
                                         914 to 1,523 m: 13
                                         under 914 m: 4 (2001)
  
   Military Kiribati
   -----------------
                      Military branches: no regular military forces; Police
                                         Force (carries out law enforcement
                                         functions and paramilitary duties;
                                         small police posts are on all
                                         islands)
          Military expenditures - dollar $NA
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                    GDP:
                        Military - note: Kiribati does not have military
                                         forces; defense assistance is
                                         provided by Australia and NZ
  
   Transnational Issues Kiribati
   -----------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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