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Discover Tabwakea Village in Kiribati

Tabwakea Village in the region of Line Islands with its 1,881 habitants is a place located in Kiribati - some 2,040 mi or ( 3283 km ) East of South Tarawa , the country's capital .

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Local time in Tabwakea Village is now 12:39 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Kiritimati " with a UTC offset of 14 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Napari, Poland Village, and Banana Village. When in this area, you might want to check out Napari . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tabwakea Village ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Accommodation on Kiritimati / Kiribati (Christmas Island)

3:26 min by Wojciech Hupert
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This clip presents amazing use of coconut tree in construction of perfect for this particular climate houses called "Kia Kia". Entire structure, including foundations is made from various parts of the ..

T32C heard from Kiritimati by WL7BDO

2:57 min by Carl Horn
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A brief sample of reception of SSB (Single Side Band) Amateur Radio communication from the DXpedition at Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Date: October 15, 2011 Time: ..


Kiritimati underwater

2:15 min by Olivier Le Diouris
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Underwater, in Kiritimati ..

Christmas Island - Bonefish fishing.

2:14 min by AnglingAdventuresAus
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Christmas Island offers unquestionably some of the finest bonefish angling in the world - in terms of numbers of fish and average size, the stability of climatic conditions year round. Visit www.angli ..


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Interesting facts about this location

London, Kiribati

London (also Ronton in Gilbertese) is the principal settlement on the atoll of Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island) belonging to Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2005 it has a population of 1,829 people, making it the second largest village on Kiritimati and in the whole Line Islands. Only Tabwakea is slightly larger.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 1.98 -157.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Populated places in Kiribati

Paris, Kiribati

Paris is an abandoned settlement on Kiritimati Island in Kiribati. It is one of three settlements on the island to be named after European places, along with nearby London and Poland. It was the home of Father Emmanuel Rougier, a French priest who leased the island from 1917 to 1939 and planted some 800,000 coconut trees there. The remains of the former village are located at Benson Point, near the southern entrance to the large lagoon which dominates the western end of the island.

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Located at 1.93 -157.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Kiribati, Populated places in Kiribati

Banana, Kiribati

Banana is a settlement on Kiritimati Island in Kiribati. It is located up the central crevasse of the atoll, close to the island's airport, Cassidy International.

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Located at 1.97 -157.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Populated places in Kiribati

Cassidy International Airport

Cassidy International Airport is an airport located north of Banana, a settlement on Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island) in Kiribati. It is the only airport in the Kiribatian part of the Line Islands with an IATA and/or ICAO code. The airport is served by Fiji's flag carrier Air Pacific from Nadi, Fiji and Honolulu, United States.

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Located at 1.99 -157.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II, Airports in Kiribati, Kiritimati, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - Pacific

Poland, Kiribati

Poland is one of four villages on the island of Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Kiribati. The village was named after a Polish explorer and engineer Stanisław Pełczyński who aided the villagers. He solved the problem with watering palm trees in dry season by suggesting modified irrigating system. He helped in building it and he taught them how to use it.

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Located at 1.86 -157.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Populated places in Kiribati