PacWastePlus country profile snapshot - Kiribati
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Kiribati is a group of low-lying islands located in the Micronesia region of the Pacific. It comprises of 20 inhabited islands (33 islands in total) covering a land area of 811km2. Its exclusive economic zone covers an oceanic area of 3.5 million km2, one of the largest in the world, and spanning all four hemispheres. The capital and government centers are located in South Tarawa, home to almost half of its total population of 118,744 .