Tarawa Atoll

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atoll capital city coral atoll

Tarawa Atoll is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean that serves as the capital of Kiribati and was a major World War II battleground.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	atoll → capital city → coral atoll →
adminCenterOf	Gilbert Islands → Republic of Kiribati NERFINISHED →
administeredBy	British Empire (colonial period) →
archipelago	Gilbert Islands →
attackedBy	United States Marine Corps →
battleDate	November 1943 →
capitalArea	South Tarawa →
capitalOf	Kiribati NERFINISHED →
climate	tropical marine climate →
contains	North Tarawa → South Tarawa →
country	Kiribati NERFINISHED →
countryCapitalType	national capital →
defendedBy	Empire of Japan →
formerColonyOf	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
governingBody	Kiribati government →
hasAirport	Bonriki International Airport →
hasFeature	causeway-linked islets → large central lagoon → narrow coral islets →
hasLagoon	Tarawa Lagoon →
hasLargestSettlement	South Tarawa →
hasPort	Betio Port →
hasSettlement	Ambo → Bairiki → Betio → Bikenibeu → Bonriki → Bonriki Village → Buota → Eita → Nabeina → Tanaea → Teaoraereke →
historicalEvent	Battle of Tarawa →
languageSpoken	English → Gilbertese →
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean → central Pacific Ocean →
partOf	Gilbert Islands →
preIndependenceEntity	Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony →
sovereignState	Kiribati NERFINISHED →
timeZone	UTC+12 →
usedAsCapitalSince	1979 →
usedCurrency	Australian dollar →
wasBattlegroundIn	World War II →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Pacific Ocean ("Tarawa atoll region") → Tarawa Atoll ("North Tarawa") →	contains
Battle of Tarawa → Operation Galvanic →	location
Gilbert Islands ("Tarawa") →	capital
Betio ("Tarawa") →	countryCapital
Keiji Shibazaki ("Tarawa") →	defendedLocation
Kiribati ("Tarawa") →	hasAtoll
Gilbert Islands ("Tarawa") →	hasIsland
Tarawa Atoll ("Tarawa Lagoon") →	hasLagoon
Betio →	locatedIn