maps of kiribati

Kiribati is located in the Central Pacific Ocean area of Oceania. It is also known as the Gilbert Island. Kiribati maps an area of around 726 square kilometer and it is spread over 3,500,000 square kilometer of the ocean.

It gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. The capital of the city is South Tarawa which is also the largest city in the country. The official language of the country is English and Gilbertese.

The disease on this island was introduced by slave trader and European sailors. Some of the islands are also used for nuclear testing in the past by the United States and the United Kingdom. The economy of the island is very small and it is also one of the poorest countries in the world. The major items of trade are copra and fishes.

Tourism provides for more than one third of the GDP. The maps of Kiribati certainly prove the point of its unavailability of resources. There is a lot of foreign aid from Japan and the United Kingdom. The travel maps of Kiribati have loads of beautiful beaches on them. Some places to go there are Banaba, Line Islands and Tarawa Atoll.