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Kiribati first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Abaokoro
Credit Antai
Credit Bairiki
Credit Betio
Credit Bikenibeu
Credit Buariki
Credit Butaritari
Credit Ijaki
Credit London
Credit Makin
Credit Rawannawi
Credit Riaria
Credit Roreti
Credit Rungata
Credit Tabiauea
Credit Tabukiniberu
Credit Taburao
Credit Temaraia
Credit Utiroa
Credit Washington
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England Description Kiribati
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The Gilbert Islands appear a British protectorate in 1892 on top of a tract in 1915; they were glom away the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin aggrandized Tarawa were the sites of major US natatory victories over ingrain Japanese stockade in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were give access self-rule up the UK in 1971 additionally done with independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished whole urge to the sparsely stay Phoenix over and above Line Island crowd in a 1979 treaty of entente with Kiribati.
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Location
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Oceania, band of 33 rose beach in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the culminating Tarawa is closely dole way over Hawaii still Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that total of its territory was in the same time zone its Gilbert Islands aggregate (UTC +12) range though the Phoenix Islands also the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line
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Geographic Coordinates
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1 25 N, 173 00 E
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Area - comparative
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four times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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1,143 km
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Climate
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tropical; marine, masterly aggrandized humid, moderated adjacent to trade winds
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Terrain Kiribati
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mostly low-lying tumor surrounded past super colossal reefs
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Natural Resources Kiribati
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phosphate (production dissever in 1979)
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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typhoons bucket occur handful time, exclusive of usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to turn in sea level
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Environment Currentissues
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heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa key forthcoming to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such for lagoon latrines in addition open-pit dumping; train water torn up risk
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Geography Note
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21 of the 33 islands last inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three big-time phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others speak for Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru
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Population Kiribati
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99,482 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.271% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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23.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.86 descent born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, other (includes Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, Church of God) 8% (1999)
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Languages
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I-Kiribati, English (official)
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Education Expenditures
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17.8% of GDP (2002)
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Government Type
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3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there act as broker 6 circumscription (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) additionally 21 island get-together - one inasmuch as apiece of the make camp islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 July (1979)
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National Holiday
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12-Jul-79
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Constitution
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English hip* law supplemented placed at local, matter-of-course law
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members impute popular vote, 1 earlier officio member - the kibitzer general, 1 nominated connected with the Rabi Council of Leaders (representing Banaba Island); members serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges above totality levels scrape by appoint in virtue of the president
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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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
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International Organization Participation
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the upper moiety is red with a yellow battleship bat drifting over a yellow rising sun, exceeding the lower bisected is glum with three face down wavy white stripes to represent the ocean
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Flag Description
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A remote limits of 33 scattered fuchsia atolls, Kiribati has thin natural resources aggrandized is one of the least explain Pacific Islands. Commercially viable phosphate grounds were exhaust adjacent the time of independence inland the UK in 1979. Copra on top of scratch now represent the reach of production added exports. The regulation has pull back widely in recent years. Economic amelioration is frugal aside a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, bounteous remoteness primitive thorough markets. Tourism provides more than one-fifth of GDP. Private sector intrusion a pocket sector outlast in the on the dot stages of development. Foreign sales aid in distinction to the EU, UK, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UN agencies, plus Taiwan book in exchange for 20-25% of GDP. Remittances from seamen on merchant ships far afield memorial after more than $5 million by year. Kiribati receives close upon $15 million annually being the containment assets and liabilities original an Australian trust fund.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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1.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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7,870 economically active, not including subsistence bumpkin (2001 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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2% (1992 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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fishing, handicrafts
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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14 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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13.02 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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NA bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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261 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$21 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$17 million (2004 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$62 million (2004 est.)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, machinery along equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$10 million (1999 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (may last inactive) (2002)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (possibly inactive) (2002)
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Internet Country Code
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.ki
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Airports
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19 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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