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South Tarawa (in Gilbertese and English: Teinainano Urban Council or ABR. TUC) is the official capital of the Republic of Kiribati
Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of List of islands belonging to Kiribati and one Tectonic uplift island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east....
 on Tarawa
Tarawa Atoll

Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British Empire colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands....
 Atoll. The meaning of Teinainano is "down of the mast", alluding to the sail-shape of the atoll.

The South Tarawa population center consists of all the small islets between Bairiki (on the west) to Temaiku/Bonriki on the east.






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South Tarawa (in Gilbertese and English: Teinainano Urban Council or ABR. TUC) is the official capital of the Republic of Kiribati
Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of List of islands belonging to Kiribati and one Tectonic uplift island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east....
 on Tarawa
Tarawa Atoll

Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British Empire colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands....
 Atoll. The meaning of Teinainano is "down of the mast", alluding to the sail-shape of the atoll.

The South Tarawa population center consists of all the small islets between Bairiki (on the west) to Temaiku/Bonriki on the east. All of several once separate islets are joined by causeways, forming one long islet on the reef along the southern side of the Tarawa Lagoon. There is also a relatively new causeway—the Japanese Causeway—that links South Tarawa to Betio
Betio

Betio is an island at the extreme southwest of South Tarawa in Kiribati. The main port of Tarawa Atoll is located there.The island is most well known as the scene of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II....
, out of South Tarawa. South Tarawa is located at 1°19' North, 172°58' East (1.31667, 172.9667).

There is a Kiribati Teacher College and a University of the South Pacific
University of the South Pacific

The University of the South Pacific is a public university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment....
 campus on South Tarawa. Bairiki is sometimes considered the capital of Kiribati because at one time both the Parliament and the Presidency (and main administrative offices) were located there. The Parliament meets on Ambo islet; various ministries are scattered between South Tarawa, Betio
Betio

Betio is an island at the extreme southwest of South Tarawa in Kiribati. The main port of Tarawa Atoll is located there.The island is most well known as the scene of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II....
 and Christmas Island
Kiritimati

Kiritimati or Christmas Island is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands and part of the Kiribati.The island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the world: about ; its lagoon is about the same size....
 (ministry of the Line and Phoenix islands).

The Roman Catholic diocese and the Kiribati Protestant Church
Kiribati Protestant Church

The Kiribati Protestant Church is a Congregationalism Protestant Christian denomination in Kiribati. With approximately 40,000 members, the KPC is the second-largest religious group in Kiribati and accounts for approximately 36 percent of the population of the country....
 (Congregational) are situated on South Tarawa.

Bairiki (executive), Ambo (legislative), Betio (judicial) are the main political centres of the capital.

Bairiki

Bairiki is a village and an islet now part of South Tarawa, and at one time itself the center of government (and therefore, capital) of Kiribati
Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of List of islands belonging to Kiribati and one Tectonic uplift island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east....
. One of three post offices on Tarawa is located at Bairiki. Bairiki Islet is the most southern islet on the atoll of Tarawa. About nine islets (of some 23 others on Tarawa) are larger than Bairiki.

Bairiki includes the main administrative center of the Republic of Kiribati
Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of List of islands belonging to Kiribati and one Tectonic uplift island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east....
 (presidency and most of the ministries), but the Parliament has since moved to Ambo, halfway between Bairiki and Bonriki. In the village there is a small port (the main port for Tarawa is on Betio Islet) and near Bairiki is a campus belonging to the University of the South Pacific
University of the South Pacific

The University of the South Pacific is a public university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment....
.

"The Sex Lives of Cannibals" by Maarten Troost, is a first-hand account of the culture and people of Tarawa.

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