חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: | Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator; the capital Tarawa is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line |
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Geographic coordinates: |
1 25 N, 173 00 E |
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Map references: |
Oceania |
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Area: |
total: 811 sq km
land: 811 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands |
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Area - comparative: |
four times the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
1,143 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds |
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Terrain: |
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m |
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Natural resources: |
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) |
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Land use: |
arable land: 2.74%
permanent crops: 50.68% other: 46.58% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA |
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Natural hazards: |
typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them very sensitive to changes in sea level |
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Environment - current issues: |
heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru |
More about Kiribati:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: | Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator; the capital Tarawa is about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line |
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Geographic coordinates: |
1 25 N, 173 00 E |
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Map references: |
Oceania |
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Area: |
total: 811 sq km
land: 811 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands |
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Area - comparative: |
four times the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
1,143 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate: |
tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds |
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Terrain: |
mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Banaba 81 m |
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Natural resources: |
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) |
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Land use: |
arable land: 2.74%
permanent crops: 50.68% other: 46.58% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA |
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Natural hazards: |
typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them very sensitive to changes in sea level |
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Environment - current issues: |
heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru |
More about Kiribati: