Official Name: Republic
of Kiribati
Location: 33
Micronesian islands (the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix groups) in the middle
Pacific scattered in a 2 mile chain around the point where the International
Date Line formerly cut the Equator
Capital: Tarawa
Population: 83,976
Languages: English
(official), Gilbertese
Monetary Unit:
Australian Dollar
Government: Republic
Religion: Roman
Catholic 53%, Protestant 41%