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|population = 99,350
|surface = 726
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|religion = Roman Catholicism
|intro = The '''Republic of Kiribati''' is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It comprises 33 atolls dispersed over 1,351 square miles (3,500 km²) close to the equator. The name Kiribati is pronounced ['kiribas] and is the Kiribati rendering of "Gilberts", derived from the English name for the main group of islands: the former Gilbert Islands. Because the written native language lacks the letter 's', the sound is rendered as 'ti.' The republic has maritime borders with the {{atp|Marshall Islands}}, {{atp|Micronesia}}, {{atp|Nauru}}, the {{atp|Solomon Islands}}, {{atp|Tuvalu}}, {{atp|Tokelau}}, the {{atp|Cook Islands}}, {{atp|French Polynesia}} and the {{atp|United States}} outlying islands.
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