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Tarawa (Kiribati)

LC control no.no2005082309
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Geographic headingTarawa (Kiribati)
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Geographic subdivision usageKiribati--Tarawa
Other standard no.153966503
Associated countryKiribati
Found inExploring selected aspects of social welfare in Tarawa and Tabiteuea (Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony) with implications for training, 1971.
The world factbook, via WWW, September 11, 2015 (under Kiribati: capital: Tarawa; geographic coordinates: 1 21 N, 173 02 E)
Wikipedia, September 11, 2015 (Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati. It comprises North Tarawa, which has much in common with other, more remote islands of the Gilberts group, and South Tarawa, which is home to 50,182 as of 2010 - half of the country's total population; 1°26ʹN 173°00ʹE; 1°25ʹN 173°02ʹE)
GEOnet, September 11, 2015 (Tarawa; capital of a political entity, Kiribati, 01°21ʹ00ʺN, 173°02ʹ20ʺE (1.35, 173.038889); also lists populated places Tabwewa, variants Tapiwa and Tarawa, and Bairiki, variant Tarawa; and atoll Tarawa Atoll, variants Cook Island, Knox Island, Knoy Island, Tarawa, Tarawa Island, and Tarowa)
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