What is Tarawa?
{{Infobox islands | name = Tarawa | image_name = South Tarawa (map within Tarawa Atoll).png | image_caption = Map of South Tarawa (red) and North Tarawa (yellow) within Tarawa Atoll | image_size = | image_map = GilbertIslandsPos.png | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[Pacific Ocean]] | coordinates = {{coord|1|26|N|173|00|E|name=Tarawa}} | archipelago = [[Gilbert Islands]] | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | rank = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 3 | country = [[Kiribati]] | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} '''Tarawa''' is an [[atoll]] in the [[Republic]] of [[Kiribati]]. It is in the middle of the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>''Atoll Politics: The Republic of Kiribati'', ed. Howard Van Trease (Christchurch: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, 1993), p. 125</ref> It is made up of [[North Tarawa]] and [[South Tarawa]].<ref>''Geology and hydrogeology of carbonate islands'', eds. Leonard H.L. Vacher; Terrence M. Quinn (Amsterdam; San Diego, CA: Elsevier, 2004), p. 577</ref> North Tarawa has a lot in common with [[island]]s in the [[Gilbert Islands|Gilberts group]]. [[South Tarawa]] is the [[Capital city|capital]] of Kiribati. It has over 50,000 people living in it. That is half of the country's total [[population]]. {{coord|1|25|N|173|02|E|region:KI-G_type:isle|display=title}} == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Islands of Kiribati]] {{multistub|geo|Asia}}