Kiribati is officially the Republic of Kiribati, an independent island country in the central Pacific Sea. The permanent populace mores than 119,000 (2020 ), more than half of whom reside on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and also one elevated reefs island, Banaba. There is a total acreage of 811 square kilometres (313 square miles) spread over 3.5 million km2 (1.4 million sq mi) of sea.

Their spread straddles the equator and also the 180th meridian, although the International Day Line goes around Kiribati and swings much to the east, nearly reaching the 150 ° W meridian. This brings Kiribati’s easternmost islands, the southerly Line Islands south of Hawaii, right into the very same day as the Gilbert Islands and also places them in the most advanced time zone on Earth: UTC +14. Kiribati is the only country worldwide to be positioned in all four cardinal hemispheres.

Kiribati acquired its self-reliance from the UK, becoming a sovereign state in 1979. The capital, South Tarawa, now the most inhabited area, consists of a variety of islets, attached by a series of embankments. These consist of regarding half the area of Tarawa atoll.

Before its independence, the nation had exported phosphate; however, those mines are no more practical with fisheries as well as export of copra driving much of the economic climate. Kiribati is one of the least established countries in the world and also is very depending on international aid for its economic situation.

Kiribati belongs to the Pacific Neighborhood (SPC), Republic of Nations, the IMF, the Globe Financial Institution, the OACPS as well as became a complete member of the United Nations in 1999 as well as likewise a participant of the Pacific Islands Discussion Forum. As an island nation, the islands are really vulnerable to climate modification as well as dealing with climate change has been a central part of its international policy, as a participant of the Alliance of Small Island States.