Butaritari

E93414
coral atoll inhabited place

Butaritari is a fertile, heavily vegetated coral atoll in the northern Gilbert Islands of Kiribati, known for its World War II history and traditional subsistence agriculture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coral atoll ⓘ
inhabited place ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form: Gilbert Islands group of Kiribati
archipelago Gilbert Islands ⓘ
atollType fertile atoll ⓘ
capitalOf Butaritari District ⓘ
climate tropical marine climate ⓘ
country Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity copra export ⓘ
small-scale fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasFeature causeways between islets ⓘ
coral reef ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Gilbertese language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese
hasSettlement Butaritari Village ⓘ
Keuea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kumaiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Natata ⓘ
Tabonibara ⓘ
Tanimaiaki ⓘ
Tanimaiaki Village ⓘ
Tanimainiku ⓘ
Utiroa ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Makin Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japanese occupation during World War II ⓘ
U.S. amphibious assault in November 1943 ⓘ
knownFor World War II history ⓘ
banana cultivation ⓘ
breadfruit cultivation ⓘ
copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
taro pits ⓘ
traditional subsistence agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Northern Gilbert Islands ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form: Gilbert Islands group

Republic of Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignState Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
transport Butaritari Airport ⓘ
vegetation heavily vegetated ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
wasRecapturedBy United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States forces

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

Kiribati → hasAtoll → Butaritari ⓘ
Gilbert Islands → hasIsland → Butaritari ⓘ