North Tarawa

E633980
island council populated place

North Tarawa is a sparsely populated chain of islets in Kiribati’s Gilbert Islands, known for its traditional village life and contrast to the densely urbanized South Tarawa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tarawa urban area 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island council ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
administrativeCenter Buariki NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf none ⓘ
climate tropical marine ⓘ
contrastsWith South Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCapitalNearby South Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody North Tarawa Island Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Buariki NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic less urbanized than South Tarawa ⓘ
rural ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
traditional village life ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
hasGeographicForm atoll islets ⓘ
coral islets ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Gilbertese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasSettlementType chain of islets ⓘ
hasVillage Abaokoro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bikeman (formerly) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buariki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nabeina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabonibara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taratai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tebwangetua NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Gilbert Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
locatedOnOcean Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyUrbanArea Bairiki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Betio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bikenibeu NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Republic of Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfAdministrativeDivision Tarawa atoll councils ⓘ
separatedBy lagoon channels ⓘ
separatedFrom South Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportConnection canoe ⓘ
causeway to Buota from South Tarawa ⓘ
small boats ⓘ
vulnerableTo coastal erosion ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Tarawa → borders → North Tarawa ⓘ
Bikenibeu → partOfCountryCapitalArea → North Tarawa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarawa urban area