Cities

Tarawa

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Tarawa." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/tarawa.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Tarawa. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/tarawa

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-tarawa,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Tarawa},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/tarawa},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Tarawa (South Tarawa) is the capital of Kiribati, an urban strip of islets on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands holding more than half the nation's population. It became the seat of colonial government for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate in 1895.

Facts

Population

73,073 1

2026 census figure for South Tarawa, from the article's own infobox at the time of research.

Area (sq km)

15.76 1

Founding Year

1895 1

1895 is the year South Tarawa was selected as the seat of colonial government for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, the date the infobox itself gives.

Population Estimate Year

2026 1

Latitude

1.3576 degrees north 1

Longitude

173.0507 degrees east 1

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