Abaiang
Abaiang, also known as Apaiang, Apia, and in the past, Charlotte Island, in the Northern Gilbert Islands, is a coral atoll of Kiribati, located in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Abaiang was the island of the first missionary to arrive in the ...
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atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...
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Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati ''The Wor ...
. There are 379 residents of the village (2010 census).
The village has a medical clinic that is staffed by a Nursing Officer.
The beach crest is at risk of being eroded (breached), which will result in the flooding of the backshore areas. The accelerated erosion at this site appears to be direct result of aggregate mining. Accretion to the coastline is occurring at another location near Tabontebike.
The village is on the extreme point of the cape on the Bingham Channel (these straits is between the lagoon of Abaiang and the
Pacific
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), south of the channel.
Distances
(as the crow flies)
* To Tebwanga village: 1 km
* To
Marakei
Marakei is a small atoll in the North Gilbert Islands. It consists of a central lagoon with numerous deep basins, surrounded by two large islands separated by two narrow channels. The atoll covers approximately .
Geography
Marakei's total land ...
atoll: 40 km (over sea)
* To
Tarawa atoll
Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati,Kiribati ''
South Tarawa
South Tarawa ( gil, Tarawa Teinainano) is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki ...
(national capital, on Tarawa): 43 km (over sea)
Data
* Elevation: < 1 m
* Latitude (DMS): 1° 43' N
* Longitude (DMS): 172° 58' 60'' E
* Languages spoken:
English language
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Gilbertese language
Gilbertese or taetae ni Kiribati, also Kiribati (sometimes ''Kiribatese''), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages.
The word ''Kiribati'', the current name of the i ...