Betio is an island and township at the southwestern corner of Tarawa Atoll in Kiribati, the largest township of the capital South Tarawa, with a population of 17,356 at the 2015 census. It was the site of the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943 during the Second World War and remains Kiribati's primary port and an economic hub, with wartime relics from both the Japanese occupation and the American assault still visible.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Betio, Wikipedia
Infobox, Population
(2015) • Total 17,356
Infobox, Population year
(2015) • Total 17,356
Infobox, Area
Total 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Infobox, Latitude
1.35000°N 172.93333°E
Infobox, Longitude
1.35000°N 172.93333°E
- In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. GeoNames: Betio Village - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2110248
1.35797 172.92105 P PPL KI 01 TW 12509 9 Pacific/Tarawa
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.75, 173.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.75, 173.25
1.75 173.25 Af
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