Kiribati

MicronesiaCapital South Tarawa

Kiribati is a country in Micronesia, Oceania. Its capital is South Tarawa. Kiribati has no land neighbours on the map. The closest countries across the water are Nauru, Marshall Islands and New Zealand.

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A way to remember it

Kiribati is a vast scatter of tiny atolls straddling the equator, east of Nauru and the Solomon Islands.

Good to know

Its islands lie in all four hemispheres, north, south, east and west.

Quick facts

CapitalSouth Tarawa
RegionOceania, Micronesia
Also known asIndependent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati, Ribaberiki Kiribati

Nearest countries to Kiribati

Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Zealand