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	South Tarawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Tarawa (in Gilbertese and English: Teinainano Urban Council or abr.
		The South Tarawa population center consists of all the small islets between Bairiki (on the west) to Temaiku/Bonriki on the east.
		The Roman Catholic diocese and the Kiribati Protestant Church (Congregational) are situated on South Tarawa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Tarawa (374 words)

	Tarawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		North Tarawa or Tarawa Ieta (all the islets on the east side north of Bonriki).
		During World War II, Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese, and starting on November 20, 1943 it was the scene of the bloody Battle of Tarawa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarawa (445 words)

	Water Resource Conflicts in Tarawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		From discussions with the wider community of South Tarawa it emerged that the people of Bonriki were resented because they were perceived as receiving unwarranted special treatment for loss of their land.
		Many landowners in South Tarawa were suffering the stress of overcrowding, dislocation and increasing demand to accommodate and support relatives from the outer islands (Tebano 1996).
		The situation on South Tarawa is to some extent specific to the culture and history of Kiribati, and to the socio-economic conditions prevailing on that island, but in other respects certain principles may be applied further afield where government bodies are negotiating with communities on water resource use.
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/pacific/tarawa.htm (5575 words)

	Travelocity Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Tarawa, Kiribati's capital, may not be the Venice of the Pacific, but you do have to negotiate the main sights by causeway and inter-island boat.
		Tarawa is not a single town but a group of islands surrounded by a coral atoll, and apart from the south where causeways link the islets, you'll need a boat to navigate around the main features.
		Tarawa is one of the most densely populated areas in the Pacific, with a population density similar to Hong Kong's.
	www.travelocity.com /TEU_destPrint/0,4191,TCYUK\|79,00.html; (3507 words)

	Kiribati: Tarawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Tarawa is the capital, of which the southern part is heavily urbanised.
		South Tarawa has three urban centres (Betio, Bairiki and Bikenibeu), and is more or less now completely settled from Bonriki (where the airport is) all the way down to Bairiki.
		On Tarawa the power plant is located in Betio and consists of one 1,000 KW, two 750 KW, and three smaller generators.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/tarawa.html (1838 words)

	Commonwealth Member Countries
		Environment: The most significant environmental issues are limited natural freshwater resources, and heavy pollution of the south Tarawa lagoon, due to population growth around the lagoon and traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping.
		Bairiki and Bikenibeu in south Tarawa are connected by causeways.
		The principal port is at Betio Islet, Tarawa.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=139209&PrintFriendly=True (663 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography - T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Milkfish Culture Development in the South Pacific, Tarawa, K iribati, 21-25 November 1988.
		The impact of strikes in Kiribati and the role of the church.
		Population Density Study on a Toxic Dinoflagellate Responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning on South Tarawa Atoll, Republic of Kiribati.
	www.trussel.com /kir/gilbibt.htm (2673 words)

	Tarawa - Republic Of Kiribati
		South Tarawa lagoon before the start of a race.
		Tarawa is not a single town but a group of islets surrounded by a coral atoll, and apart from the south where causeways link the islets, one will need a boat to navigate around the main features.
		Tarawa is one of the most densely populated areas in the Pacific, and it is estimated that by the year 2010, it could have a similar population density to Hong Kong!
	www.janeresture.com /tarawa (258 words)

	Pacific Islands
		South Tarawa is well along the way to becoming a Micronesian nightmare, the fragility of its two- to three-meter coral height showing the impact of waste and garbage dumped on it by the far too many people who call it home.
		Tarawa’s difficulties are accentuated by exceptional population pressure.
		A South Tarawa electricity, water and sewerage public utility board with two government, three private sector and one consumer’s representatives will operate on revenue drawn from a basic charge of $A10 per household per month.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm22001/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0009 (835 words)

	ACIAR - Project Summary for: LWR/2001/050 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The principal agricultural enterprises in Tarawa atoll are the cultivation of coconut trees for domestic use and export copra production, the growing of breadfruit and pandanus, the cultivation of vegetables for domestic use and pig and chicken production.
		Tarawa atoll has two regions, heavily populated, urbanised South Tarawa and sparsely populated rural North Tarawa.
		In the low islands studied in Tarawa, Bonriki and Buota in South Tarawa, currently used for groundwater extraction, and the undeveloped Abatao and Tabiteua in North Tarawa, the spatial extents of their groundwater lenses have now been measured.
	www.aciar.gov.au /web.nsf/projectprint/ACIA-68K3LF?opendocument (1925 words)

	Daily Reports and Updates from the pedal boat Moksha and the Pedal for the Planet Expedition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Tarawa is just one of 33 islands in the Kiribati chain, comprising a total land area of 800 sq.
		After achieving a depressing 1.4nms south in 5hrs yesterday, I realized the ocean was on the move, and instead of fighting it, took the opportunity to knock off early for the evening: strum the old six string for a while, drink tea and rest up the legs and other bodily hardware for the next 'assault'.
		Then once we're south of 4 degrees north we should under the influence of the southern equatorial current (running west) and the southeast trades which will gently assist in cranking out the remaining few hundred miles to this far flung island of dreams.
	www.goals.com /pedalplanet/history/Ha-Ta.asp (18353 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Kiribati
		The capital of Kiribati is Tarawa, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
		Through resettlement programs designed to alleviate overcrowding on Tarawa, about 1,500 people were moved to the Teraina and Tabuaeran atolls in the Line Islands between 1988 and 1993.
		In one of the major battles of the war in the Pacific, U.S. military forces invaded Tarawa and drove the Japanese off most of the islands in 1943.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761562805__1/Kiribati.html (2517 words)

	Japanese Forces in the Gilbert and Nauru Islands, Stan Jersey
		This phase was characterized by a gradual increase in strength of the garrison, by expansion of the occupied area to include Tarawa and Apamama Atolls and by a change the strategic character of the occupation from that of a lookout post to a fortified station.
		The Advance Force was to act as escort and prepare for a counter landing under the command of the Commander of the 14th Cruiser Division which had cleared Truk on the 21st, reached Ponape on the 22d, left Ponape on the 23d, and reached Kwajalein on the 25th.
		Particularly on Tarawa, the Japanese troops at one time pressed the enemy back to the narrow beaches and took a heavy toll of their forces, but finally were compelled to retreat.
	www.tarawaontheweb.org /stanjersy1.htm (7312 words)

	stthaman
		Fiji Institute of Agricultural Science, Chemical Society of the South Pacific and The University of the South Pacific, Suva.
		South Pacific Regional Initiative on Forest Genetic Resources (SPRIG), Canberra and The University of the South Pacific, Suva.
		South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment, University of the South Pacific, Suva.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/usp/~geography/stthaman.html (5558 words)

	TIME Pacific Journey \| Sinking Feeling \| August 20-27, 2001 \| NO. 33
		At several points along South Tarawa's only road, the sea stretches on both sides to the horizon, which in the balmy evenings is an unearthly orange.
		It was in Tarawa, at the 1989 South Pacific Forum, that island leaders explained their plight to a sympathetic Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who committed his government to the monitoring project.
		In Tarawa's southeastern district of Bikenibeu, residents have built walls to protect their thatched, sea-fronted homes from what they say are increasingly common storm-induced tidal surges.
	www.time.com /time/pacific/magazine/20010820/climate.html (1703 words)

	The Montana Standard - Butte, Montana USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		TARAWA, Kiribati (AP) - On the beach at "Bloody Tarawa," where U.S. Marines died by the hundreds, the broken bottles, crushed boxes and plastic bags are now piling up by the millions.
		Here in Tarawa atoll, a curl of small, narrow and overcrowded coral islands ringing an aquamarine lagoon, the Kiribati government is making slow progress, opening one trash landfill and building another.
		One survey suggested that under half the 6,500 tons of solid waste Tarawa produces each year is carted by town council workers to the government's six surface dumps.
	www.montanastandard.com /articles/2004/05/14/outdoors/hjjfjeifigecfd.txt (1108 words)

	Tarawa Accommodation & Travel Information, Kiribati, South Pacific Islands - Jasons Travel Channel
		The triangle-shaped atoll of Tarawa is divided into north and south Tarawa.
		The south of Tarawa is the centre of government and business services, while the rural north is more traditional, offering visitors who do not have time to visit the outer islands an authentic experience.
		The Battle of Tarawa on the Betio islet has left a wealth of historic sites and war relics, including mounted coastal defence guns on the Betio causeway and westernmost tip of the islet.
	www.jasons.com /000988,,,,,pg,1,0:0.mel?showMap=true (325 words)

	Country Strategy and Program Update 2005—2006 - Kiribati - ADB.org
		The 2000 population census indicated that around 43% of the population now live on South Tarawa, due to continued urban drift (it was 37% in 1995) and where the population density on the most crowded islet of Tarawa (Betio) is now over 8,300 people per square kilometer.
		There are great differences in cash incomes between South Tarawa and the outer islands of Kiribati, where many people follow a subsistence-based lifestyle.
		The search for cash employment, schooling, and what is seen to be better hospital care and facilities on South Tarawa are the main factors for the urban drift.
	www.adb.org /Documents/CSPs/KIR/2004/csp0200.asp (2176 words)

	Kiribati: Economic Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Given that the population in South Tarawa increased by nearly one third between the census of 199985 and 1995, we are fortunate that we do not have large scale of social problems which are being experienced elsewhere.
		The proportion of population on South Tarawa continues to increase, albeit at a slower rate than in previous years.
		Although most of the cash employment is in South Tarawa (61% of total in 1995), employment growth has been stagnant, with a slight decrease in total employment, from 4,076 to 4,041, between 1985 and 1995.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/economics.html (3870 words)

	Kiribati: Travel and Accommodation Guide
		Tarawa may be combined with Pohnpei, Guam and the other islands of Micronesia.
		A favourite swimming area in Tarawa is on both sides of the Dai Nippon Causeway around the area close to the channel or off the small islets of North Tarawa.
		If the visitor is lucky enough, he may be at Tarawa on the night of a flying-fish drive, when islanders paddle their outriggers or boats to stations at spaced intervals around the lagoon.
	www.janeresture.com /kirricom (2273 words)

	Sake Drenched Postcards - A World Mystery Solved in Kiribati
		Tarawa is a C-shaped coral atoll in the South Pacific in the same geographical region as Fiji.
		But should the water's use be for consumption, it is boiled as incredible overcrowding in South Tarawa has led to bacteria contamination problems.
		At low tide, the gentle slope of Tarawa's beaches creates a landform from ocean to lagoon with an average width of a standard city block.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/kiribati.html (1578 words)

	Lonely Planet World Guide \| Destination Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The main village, and the biggest town outside of Tarawa, is Butaritari, and it has a population of around 2000.
		It is the largest and most populous outer island, and parts of Tabiteuea South are among the most beautiful in Kiribati.
		Tabuaeran is 3130km (1941mi) northeast of Tarawa, and getting there is difficult unless you have your own yacht or can hitch a ride on one.
	www.statraveluk.lonelyplanet.com /pacific/kiribati (3558 words)

	South Tarawa Island, Republic of Kiribati - Chinese Space Facilities
		In addition, two new overseas tracking stations were built in the Pacific, on South Tarawa Island of the Republic of Kiribati and at Swakopmund, Namibia, Africa.
		The station in recent months had aroused local suspicion that it may really be intended to monitor the major US missile range at Kwajalein in the adjacent Marshall Islands.
		After the diplomatic break, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. reported that “the loss of diplomatic relations will not affect the country’s space missions or the launch of the Shenzhou VI” and a new facility could be built in the region.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/china/kiribati.htm (632 words)

	Tarawa, Kiribati
		The capital is Tarawa and the population of 65,000 is mainly Micronesian.
		Local taxis and buses are available on South Tarawa and boats and ferries operate to the outer islands.
		When you visit Tarawa you should not miss a tour to view the many World War 2 relics still to be seen.
	www.hideawayholidays.com.au /trw_.htm (272 words)

	Letter from Kiribati - Pacific Environmental Lessons
		Before I describe the changes occurring on South Tarawa as a result of growing interest in environmentally friendly methods of waste disposal, I must refer back to my letter about the king tides, which became, as a result of international rumour, a ‘tsunami’.
		The roaring wind sweeping across the lagoon to South Tarawa threw up walls of salt water several metres high over the fringing land and road and deposited mounds of sand and coral pieces across them.
		Today is an important day for the business community of South Tarawa, as the many tenders for Kaoki Mange are being scrutinised and the owner of the recycling yard and business identified.
	www.news.vu /en/news/environment/050308-Letter-from-Kiribati.shtml (993 words)

	Kiribati Protestant Church (K.P.C.)
		Takaria of South Tarawa had all three of these books, although all were printed in the 1960's - he had inherited them from an uncle who was a minister.
		The theological college (Tangintebu Theological College) is situated at Tangintebu on South Tarawa, and views itself as a regional theological college.
		Banaba (previously Ocean Island), Makin, Butaritari, Marakei, Abaiang, South Tarawa, North Tarawa, Maiana, Abemama, Aranuka, Kuria, Nonouti, North Tabiteuea, South Tabiteuea, Onotoa, Beru, Nikunau, Tamana, Arorae, Canton, Rawekai, Orona, Washington, Fanning, Kiritimati (formerly Christmas Island), Vostok, Flint, Rabi (pronounced Rambi, in the Republic of Fiji), and Nukumanu (in the eastern Solomon Islands).
	www.janesoceania.com /kiribati_kpc (6784 words)

	South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Comprehensive listings for Accommodation In Kiribati (Full Listing) hotels, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Comprehensive listings for Accommodation In Kiribati (Full Listing) hotels, resorts, motels, guest houses, other accommodation and activities, sight seeing, things to do, including online booking reservations.
		The resort is about one and a half hours by boat from the main towns of South Tarawa.
		The resort is situated in the middle of a small peaceful village on Tarawa.
	www.spto.org /spto/export/sites/SPTO/destinations/kiribati/listings.shtml (630 words)

	Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
		Part of the Gilbert Island group, Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese during their initial advances into the Pacific in December 1941.
		A heavy naval and aerial bombardment of Tarawa preceded the landing of 5,000 men of the 2nd Marine Division.
		Tarawa was the scene of one of the major battles of the South Pacific campaign.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/kiribati.html (156 words)

	TIME Pacific Journey \| Sweet Temptations \| August 20-27, 2001 \| NO. 33
		Supine in bed and devoid of energy, Tamaroa, 54, is sweating through her first full day since the big toe of her left foot was amputated as a result of sepsis, a severe blood infection that is a complication of her diabetes.
		Kiribati admits that the number of diagnosed cases of diabetes in South Tarawa has quadrupled in the last four years.
		Zimmet, who since the mid-'70s has conducted on-the-ground research through the Pacific, estimates that the rate of diabetes in Betio, the most populous district of South Tarawa, is 20-25%.
	www.time.com /time/pacific/magazine/20010820/medicine.html (1973 words)

	Gateway to Land and Water Information: Kiribati national report
		The population in 2000 was estimated to be close to 92,000 with a growth rate of 2.3 percent.
		Even though Kiribati lies outside the normal cyclone belts to the north and south of the equator, the effect of distant storms and cyclones can sometimes be felt in the northernmost and southernmost islands.
		Many of Kiribati’s main environmental problems stem from congested conditions on South Tarawa: in particular, the dense human settlement, poor land use planning, and overtaxed water, sewerage, and waste disposal systems.
	www.fao.org /Waicent/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGL/swlwpnr/reports/y_pa/z_ki/ki.htm (1887 words)

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