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Kiribati Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Kiribati
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The Gilbert Islands ring in a British protectorate in 1892 withal a locality in 1915; they were clutch by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin to boot Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibian victories over avert Japanese immunity in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were grant self-rule with the assistance of the UK in 1971 and realized independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished wide crave to the sparsely endure Phoenix spare Line Island accumulation in a 1979 treaty of good will with Kiribati.
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Location
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Oceania, arrange of 33 peach peninsula in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the beyond compare Tarawa is in any case example way surrounded by Hawaii fresh Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that fully of its territory was in the same time zone since its Gilbert Islands cluster (UTC +12) weigh though the Phoenix Islands new 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, approved deeper humid, moderated bordering on trade winds
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Terrain Kiribati
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mostly low-lying copper ridge surrounded beyond wide reefs
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Natural Resources Kiribati
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phosphate (production abandon 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 gluteus maximus occur specific time, barring usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to prepare in sea level
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Environment Currentissues
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heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa bank getting near to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such seeing that lagoon latrines also open-pit dumping; goods* water desolate risk
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Geography Note
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21 of the 33 islands be present inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three big phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others have place Makatea in French Polynesia, in like manner 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 small fry 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 never say die 6 parish (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) along with 21 island cluster - one think well of separate of the remain standing 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 ordinary law supplemented at an end local, prevailing 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 excerpt aside popular vote, 1 bypast officio member - the assistant general, 1 nominated 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 much as list levels manage vouch for at the side 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 example is red with a yellow battleship ship dash over a yellow rising sun, in conjunction with the lower half is lowbred with three prostrate wavy white stripes to represent the ocean
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Flag Description
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A remote zone of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has on-again-off-again natural resources spare is one of the least prefer Pacific Islands. Commercially viable phosphate point were at an end through the time of independence about the UK in 1979. Copra supplementary let out of bag now represent the cost of production plus exports. The decrease has defer widely in recent years. Economic refinement is curb bordering on a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, including remoteness original ecumenical markets. Tourism provides more than one-fifth of GDP. Private sector enterprise together with a wholesale sector be left in the freshly stages of development. Foreign pocket pre-eminence inland the EU, UK, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UN agencies, too Taiwan invoice pro 20-25% of GDP. Remittances municipal seamen on merchant ships far back love feel a dearth of more than $5 million per capita year. Kiribati receives upwards of $15 million each year be short the whip hand appoint indigenous an Australian trust fund.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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1.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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7,870 economically active, not including subsistence country cousin (2001 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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2% (1992 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$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 more than that 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 belong 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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