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In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gilbert Islands
Vicariate apostolic; comprises the group of that name, besides the islands of Ellice and Panapa.
The most important members of the group, which consists of sixteen low atolls, are Tapiteuca, Arorai, Apemama, Maiana, Marakei, and Nonouti, which cluster near the Equator, and constitute the most easterly link in the chain of islands which make up Micronesia.
The natives are of Malay in type, and until the advent of the white man were given over to savagery and, in some instances, cannabalism.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06557a.htm   (269 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Gilbert Islands (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Gilbert Islands, group of 16 islands, central Pacific, one of the island groups that form the Republic of Kiribati.
The group includes Tarawa, Butaritari (Makin), Little Makin, Marakei, Abaiang, Maiana, Abemama, Kuria, and Aranuka in the north; Nonouti and Tabiteuea in the central region; and Beru, Nikunau, Onotoa, Tamana, and Arorae in the south.
The total land area is 102 sq mi (260 sq km).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GilbertI.html   (254 words)

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