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	History of Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The I-Kiribati people (or Gilbertese) settled what would become known as the Gilbert Islands (named by von Krusenstern, an Estonian admiral of the Czar, in 1820, after a British captain, Thomas Gilbert) between 3000 and 2000 years ago.
		The Kiribati Government has responded by including several special provisions in the Constitution, such as the designation of a Banaban seat in the legislature and the return of land previously acquired by the government for phosphate mining.
		Today, Kiribati is the number one grow location of kiribati marijuati, a higly potent form of the drug cannabis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Kiribati (757 words)

	Kiribati - MSN Encarta
		Kiribati consists of 33 coral islands divided among three island groups: the Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands, and the Line Islands.
		Of the 33 islands of Kiribati, 21 are inhabited.
		The capital of Kiribati is Tarawa, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562805/index.html (1461 words)

	Kiribati HISTORY
		Internal self-government for the Gilberts was established as of 1 January 1977, and the islands became the independent Republic of Kiribati on 12 July 1979.
		Kiribati established diplomatic relations with the former Soviet Union in 1979 and with the People's Republic of China in 1980.
		Kiribati opposes French nuclear testing in the Pacific and signed the 1985 Raratonga Agreement declaring the South Pacific a nuclear-weapons-free zone.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Kiribati-HISTORY.html (1038 words)

	Kiribati History & Kiribati Culture \| iExplore.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1892, Kiribati became part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and was administered by the West Pacific High Commission in Fiji.
		Kiribati has a unicameral chamber legislature, Maneaba ni Maungatabu, with 41 members: 39 of these are directly elected for four years; the Attorney-General is an ex-officio member; there is also a representative of the Banaban community (inhabitants of Ocean island).
		Kiribati is also one of the 14 signatories to the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement, agreed in 2001, which plans measures to boost regional trade.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Kiribati/History (661 words)

	Kiribati - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
		Kiribati was inhabited by a single Micronesian ethnic group that spoke the same Oceanic language for 2,000 years before coming into contact with Europeans.
		Kiribati's 1995 act of moving the international date line far to the east to encompass Kiribati's Line Islands group, so that it would no longer be divided by the date line, courted controversy.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kiribati (1316 words)

	Kiribati History
		Kiribati is part of the division of the pacific islands known as Micronesia.
		Kiribati is composed of coral atolls on a submerged volcanic chain scattered across 5.2 million sq.
		The capital of Kiribati is Bairiki, on Tarawa atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
	www.angelfire.com /co/dbrummel/history.html (1447 words)

	Kiribati - MSN Encarta
		The judicial system of Kiribati is modeled after the British legal system and consists of a high court, a court of appeal, and lower-level magistrate courts.
		Kiribati participates in many regional organizations, including the South Pacific Forum, which deals with foreign affairs and international trade, and the South Pacific Commission, which provides technical assistance to the islands.
		In September 1979 Kiribati signed a treaty of friendship with the United States in which the United States gave up its claims to Kanton and Enderbury islands; the two islands were formally ceded to Kiribati in 1983.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562805_2____7/Kiribati.html (1031 words)

	Kiribati
		The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
		Its name is pronounced /kiribas/ and is a Micronesian transliteration of the former English name for the main group of islands, the Gilbert Islands.
		Kiribati consists of three archipelagos; the Gilbert Islands (16 islands), some 1500 km north of Fiji, the Phoenix Islands[?] (8 islands), some 1800 km southeast of the Gilberts and the Line Islands (9 islands), about 3300 km east of the Gilberts.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/Kiribati.html (415 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Kiribati
		The move, which fulfilled one of President Tito's campaign promises, was intended to enable Kiribati to become the first country to see the dawn on January 1, 2000, and welcome the date popularly, but incorrectly, taken to be the start of the third millennium AD â” an event of significance for tourism.
		Kiribati is one of the clearest examples of overpopulation, since there is simply not sufficient water supply, arable land, solid waste disposal capacity or sanitation facilities capability on a number of the islands.
		Kiribati folk music is generally based around chanting or other forms of vocalizing, accompanied by body percussion.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Kiribati (1765 words)

	Kiribati (09/06)
		Kiribati (pronounced "keer-ih-bahs") consists of 32 low-lying atolls and one raised island scattered over an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the continental United States.
		Kiribati's per capita GDP of less than U.S. $700 is one of the lowest in the world.
		Kiribati has prudently managed the reserve fund, which is vital for the long-term welfare of the country.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1836.htm (2517 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Kiribati
		The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
		In 1943, the Battle of Tarawa was fought at Kiribati's capital Tarawa.
		The rest of the land in Kiribati consists of the sand and reef rock islets of atolls or coral islands that rise but a few meters above sea level.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Kiribati (914 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > History of Kiribati
		The I-Kiribati people settled what would become known as the Gilbert Islands between 1000 and 1300 AD.
		The Gilberts obtained internal self-government in 1977, and formally became an independent nation on July 12, 1979 under the name of Kiribati.
		Post-independence politics were initially dominated by Ieremia Tabai, Kiribati's first president, who served from 1979 to 1991.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/hi/History_of_Kiribati (288 words)

	Pacific Island Books : Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
		Their personal statements about the future of Kiribati which now stands at the crossroads are compelling and will no doubt provoke controversy both within Kiribati and in other small Pacific nations facing similar questions of cultural identity.
		Kiribati became an independent sovereign nation on 12 July, 1979 incorporating within its boundaries the former Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands.
		After independence in 1979, the Kiribati government continued the exploration and development of marine resources as an integral part of its overall economic program, and is being assisted in the process by foreign aid, principally by Britain and Japan.
	www.pacificislandbooks.com /kiribati.htm (1092 words)

	History_of_Kiribati
		In an effort to restore a measure of order, the Kiribati were imposed to becoming British protectorates in 1892.
		Banaba (Ocean Island) was annexed in 1901 after the discovery of phosphate-rich guano deposits, and the entire collection, plus Fanning and Washington islands (Line Islands), was made a British colony in 1916.
		Post-independence politics were initially dominated by the youngest Commonwealth's Head of State, Ieremia Tabai, just 29, Kiribati's first president (Beretitenti), who served for three terms from 1979 to 1991.
	www.news-from-newspapers.com /en/Wikipedia.org/2004/12/28/History_of_Kiribati.html (621 words)

	teirake kain kiribati: a research paper on the republic of kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kiribati took its first steps in the direction of independence in the early 1960's as it created committees to explore the idea.
		However, the Banabans were assured of an appointed seat in the Kiribati legislature, and received constitutional guarantees to the lands the British Phosphate Commission virtually took away and the right to return to their home island if they wish.
		A brief history of Kiribati is depicted in Table 1 in the Appendix.
	bjturk.com /kiribati/history.php (749 words)

	History of Niue - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered.
		Melanesia - History of: East Timor · Fiji · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
		Micronesia - History of: Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Niue (434 words)

	MapZones.com : Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kiribati, Republic of, formerly the Gilbert Islands, independent state in the west-central Pacific Ocean, part of Micronesia.
		The islands of Kiribati include Banaba (Ocean Island); the 16 Gilbert Islands, including Tarawa, on which the capital, Bairiki, is located; Rawaki; the 8 Phoenix Islands and 8 of the 11 Line Islands, including Kiritimati Island (or Christmas Island), the nation's largest.
		Kiribati has a tropical climate with a rainy season that lasts from October to March; typhoons are common.
	www.mapzones.com /world/pacific/kiribati/index.php (153 words)

	Kiribati
		Kiribati is an unspoiled corner of Micronesia where sailing canoes are still the mode of sea transport.
		Located in the Central Pacific on the equator, the island group consists of 33 low lying coral atolls which are subdivided into three main groups known as the Gilbert, the Phoenix and the Line Islands.
		Today these islands and 30 others are known as the independent Republic of Kiribati with Tarawa as its capital.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /kiribati/introduction.html (71 words)

	Kiribati - Gurupedia
		Its name is pronounced /kiribas/ and is a Micronesian transliteration of "Gilberts", the English name for the main group of islands: the former Gilbert Islands.
		With independence, the United States relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and all but 3 of the Line islands, which became part of Kiribati territory.
		English is the constitution's and laws' language, kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.gurupedia.com /k/ki/kiribati.htm (696 words)

	info: History_of_Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		History of KiribatiProvides a history of Kiribati from 1000 A. to the 21st Century.
		Kiribati was inhabited by a single Micronesian ethnic group that spoke the same Oceanic...
		Kiribati Island Groups Several papers issued by the office of the Geographer, Department of State, allow me to fill in some gaps in the history of Kiribati and its predecessors.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /History_of_Kiribati.html (1013 words)

	Kiribati: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the soil is not suitable for large-scale cultivation, copra and fish are the main exports.
		In 1986 Kiribati began negotiations with the IMF and was recognized by the UN as one of the worldâs poorest countries, a fact which gives it access to certain credit and trade advantages.
		Because of the low elevation of the majority of the islands, in the last years of the 1990s the Government and the people became increasingly concerned about the Â«greenhouse effectÂ» on sea level.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=62 (831 words)

	History
		Other islands in present day Kiribati were exploited by foreign companies for phosphate or coconut products, but they eventually came into the fold.
		After Banaba was reoccupied, the Japanese were found to have massacred all but one man of the imported labour force on receiving news of the end of the war.
		The British gave the I-Kiribati another slap in the face in 1957 and 1962 when they detonated hydrogen bombs near Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, as part of their atmospheric testing at the giddy heights of the Cold War.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /kiribati/about_destin/history.html (862 words)

	Kiribati
		The Flag of Kiribati: the upper half is red with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the 3 groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands).
		Kiribati briefly suspended its relations with France in 1995 over that country's decision to renew nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
		Its name is pronounced and is a Kiribati language rendering of "Gilberts", the English name for the main group of islands: the former Gilbert Islands.
	www.shortopedia.com /K/I/Kiribati (978 words)

	History of Kiribati - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau
		Polynesia - History of: American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · New Zealand · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna
		History of Kiribati, Colonial era, Self-determination, References, External links and History of Kiribati.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/History_of_Kiribati (794 words)

	History of Kiribati
		In 1975 the Ellice Islands separated from the colony and in 1978 became the independent country of Tuvalu.
		Post-independence politics were initially dominated by Ieremia Tabai, Kiribati's first President, who served from 1979 to 1991, stepping down due to Kiribati's three-term limit for presidents.
		The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the United Kingdom in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.
	infotut.com /geography/Kiribati (766 words)

	Kiribati: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, consists of three widely separated main groups of southwest Pacific islands: the Gilberts on the equator, the Phoenix Islands to the east, and the Line Islands farther east.
		Kiribati's 1995 act of moving the international date line far to the east, so that it encompassed Kiribati's Line Islands group, courted controversy.
		The move, which fulfilled one of President Tito's campaign promises, was intended to enable Kiribati to become the first country to see the dawn on Jan. 1, 2000, and welcome the new millennium—an event of significance for tourism.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107682.html (565 words)

	Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati ['kiri:bæs], is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
		In 1943, the Battle of Tarawa was fought at Kiribati's capital Bairiki on Tarawa atoll.
		While English is the constitution's and law's language, Kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Kiribati (998 words)

	The Kiribati Connecticut Connnection
		Kiribati (pronounced Kiribas) is made of 33 low lying coral atolls.
		Kiribati is located in the Central Pacific between 173 and 177 East Longitude and 4 North and 3 South Latitude.
		Narrow islets are somewhat characteristic of Kiribati atolls running E-W. Bikati and Bikatieta islets occupy a corner of the reef at the extreme northwest tip of the atoll, bordering what may be a second small lagoon to the north of the main lagoon.
	people.mags.net /boem/kiribati1.htm (1100 words)

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