Yearbook 2007
Kiribati. According to CountryAAH, Tarawa Atoll is the capital city of Kiribati. President Anote Tong and his party Boutokaan Te Koaua (BTK) took home the victory in both the parliamentary and presidential elections. In the parliamentary elections, which were held in two rounds on August 22 and 30, respectively, those entitled to vote could choose from 146 candidates competing for the 42 seats in Parliament. Education and the lack of jobs were major issues. The turnout was around 80 percent.
BTK received the most votes and a majority of the mandate, but still formed an alliance with the small Maurin Kiribati Party (MKP). Maneaban Te Mauri (MTM) lost many of its former parliamentary seats.
- According to abbreviationfinder: KI is the 2-letter acronym for the country of Kiribati.
In the October 17 presidential election, incumbent President Anote Tong is re-elected. Parliament appoints the presidential candidates, and all four came from the BTK-MKP coalition. The two candidates of the opposition were not nominated in Parliament’s closed ballot. A few days before the election, supporters of the opposition held a peaceful demonstration in the Bairiki district of the capital Tarawa to show their dissatisfaction.
After the election, Anote Tong said that one of his main tasks was to create jobs, especially for well-educated young people returning to Kiribati after studying abroad.
HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Island state of Oceania. At the 2000 census the population of the archipelago was 84,494 residents (87,000 according to a 2004 estimate), spread over an area of just 811 km 2. About 40 % of the total population is concentrated in the conurbation of the capital, located in the atoll of Tarawa. The rate of demographic increase, even if declining, remains high: in the period 2000-2005 it was 1.8% on average per year. The death rate is progressively decreasing, while the birth rate has remained substantially unchanged.
From an economic point of view, the country is largely conditioned by international financial aid (in particular from Japan), which contribute to the formation of the GDP for approximately 50 %. The considerable distance from large markets makes the prospects for economic growth very difficult, supported almost exclusively by the sale of fishing licenses in territorial waters and by the remittances of emigrants. Given the distance from the main flows of international tourism, the latter activity is still underdeveloped, but its expansion prospects seem to be very favorable, and for some years the number of visitors has been increasing slightly (the sector contributes about one fifth to the formation of GDP).
Air connections are difficult; however, particular beneficial effects are expected from the inclusion of Fanning atoll among the cruise destinations. The local population lives from fishing (especially tuna fishing) and agriculture (coconut palm and copra). A singular export item but interesting from a quantitative point of view is represented by the trade in tropical fish. The archipelago poses a serious environmental threat, since, if the feared rise in the level of the oceans occurred as a result of global warming, the islands would be completely submerged, since their maximum altitude is a few meters above sea level.
Kiribati weather in March, April and May
Daily temperatures averaging 31 ° C are to be expected over the next three months. The temperatures hardly fluctuate during this time.
Do you want to go on a beach holiday? The water temperatures are in March, April and May at about 28 ° C. This is great weather for a great time on the beach and in the water.
In March, at about 14 days can be expected precipitation in April at about 14 days in May at about 15 days.
In the period from March to May , the sun shines an average of 7 hours a day.