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HIV news : NA Population below poverty line news : NA . Literacy : NA House hold income lowest than 10% news : NA House hold income highest than 10% news : NA Inflation news : 2.5% (2001 est.) . Unemployment Rate news : 2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.) . Internet Users news : 2,000 (2002) . 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 . Geographic Coordinates : 1 25 N, 173 00 E . Religion Kiribati news : Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999) . Administrative region : 3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina) . Terrain : mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs . Elevation extremes lowest : Pacific Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : unnamed location on Banaba 81 m . Natural resources : phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) . Land use arable land : 2,74%. Land use permanentcrops : 50,68%. Irrigated land : NA sq km . 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 . 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 . 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 . Population news : 100,798 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 39,30%. age -14 men : 20 087. age -14 ladies : 19 566. age 15/64 p : 57,30%. age 15/64 men : 28 523. age 15/64 ladies : 29 280. age +65 p : 3,30%. age +65 men : 1 434. age +65 ladies : 1 908. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 19.8 years . median age male : 19.4 years . median age female : 20.3 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 2.25% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 30.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 8.49 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.03 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.97 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.75 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 55.04 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 44.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 61.32 years . life expectancy at birth male : 58.34 years . life expectancy at birth female : 64.44 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 4.24 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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1/1 Radio and National websites in Kiribati. Kiribati Radio national station tv, blog Kiribati, free weather, radio sales local, repair show locator, first lottery, bank : Kiribati. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati. Minimum salary : none; in practice, between A$1.60 to A$1.70 per hour (200 USD/month) Electric :
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