Tarawa Atoll

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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.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tarawa 11
Tarawa Atoll canonical 4
Tarawa Lagoon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atoll
capital city
coral atoll
adminCenterOf Gilbert Islands
Kiribati
surface form: Republic of Kiribati
administeredBy British Empire
surface form: British Empire (colonial period)
archipelago Gilbert Islands
attackedBy United States Marine Corps
battleDate November 1943
capitalArea South Tarawa
capitalOf Kiribati
climate tropical marine climate
contains Tarawa Atoll self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Tarawa

South Tarawa
country Kiribati
countryCapitalType national capital
defendedBy Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
formerColonyOf United Kingdom
governingBody Kiribati government
hasAirport Bonriki International Airport
hasFeature causeway-linked islets
large central lagoon
narrow coral islets
hasLagoon Tarawa Atoll self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tarawa Lagoon
hasLargestSettlement South Tarawa
hasPort Betio
surface form: 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
surface form: central Pacific Ocean
partOf Gilbert Islands
preIndependenceEntity Gilbert and Ellice Islands
surface form: Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
sovereignState Kiribati
timeZone UTC+12
usedAsCapitalSince 1979
usedCurrency Australian dollar
wasBattlegroundIn World War II

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Referenced by (20)

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

Battle of Tarawa location Tarawa Atoll
Kiribati hasAtoll Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Operation Galvanic location Tarawa Atoll
Betio locatedIn Tarawa Atoll
Betio countryCapital Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Central Pacific Ocean contains Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa atoll region
Keiji Shibazaki defendedLocation Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Tarawa Atoll contains Tarawa Atoll self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Tarawa
Tarawa Atoll hasLagoon Tarawa Atoll self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tarawa Lagoon
Gilbert Islands capital Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Gilbert Islands hasIsland Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Butaritari locatedNorthOf Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
President of Kiribati seat Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Maneaba ni Maungatabu meetsOnIsland Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Tamana locatedSouthOf Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
South Tarawa partOf Tarawa Atoll
South Tarawa faces Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: lagoon of Tarawa
Gilbert and Ellice Islands capital Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Gilbert and Ellice Islands adminCenter Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa
Eita locatedOn Tarawa Atoll
this entity surface form: Tarawa Lagoon