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'''Kiribati''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪr|ᵻ|b|æ|s|audio=en-us-Kiribati.ogg}} {{respell|KIRR|i|bass}},<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url = https://www.britannica.com/place/Kiribati |title = Kiribati |encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date = 27 July 2010 }} {{cite web |url = http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Kiribati |title = Kiribati: definition of Kiribati in Oxford dictionary (British & World English) |publisher = Oxford University Press |access-date = 31 December 2014 |archive-date = 27 May 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160527071902/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/kiribati |url-status = dead }}</ref> {{IPA|gil|kiɾibas|lang}}), officially the '''Republic of Kiribati''' ({{lang-gil|Ribaberiki Kiribati}}),<ref name=CIA>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kiribati/ Kiribati]. ''The World Factbook''.</ref><ref name=r1>[http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm#fn-md* Publications Office — Interinstitutional style guide — Annex A5 — List of countries, territories and currencies]. Europa (web portal). Retrieved 28 January 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kiribati profile – Facts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16431215 |access-date=23 July 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=23 May 2013}}</ref> is an [[island country]] in the [[Micronesia]] subregion of [[Oceania]] in the central [[Pacific Ocean]]. Its permanent population is over 120119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on [[Tarawa]] [[atoll]]. The state comprises [[list of islands of Kiribati|32 atolls]] and one remote [[raised coral atoll|raised coral island]], [[Banaba]]. Its total land area is {{convert|811|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name="IMF 2011">{{cite web |title = Kiribati: 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report, Informational Annexes, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion, and Statement by the Executive Director for Kiribati |url = https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=24871.0 |publisher = International Monetary Fund Country Report No. 11/113 |date = 24 May 2011 |access-date = 4 October 2011 }}</ref> dispersed over {{convert|3441810|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of [[ocean]].

The islands' spread straddles the [[equator]] and the [[180th meridian]], making Kiribati the only country in the world located simultaneously in all four hemispheres: the [[Northern Hemisphere|Northern]], [[Southern Hemisphere|Southern]], [[Western Hemisphere|Western]], and [[Eastern Hemisphere|Eastern]] hemispheres. The [[International Date Line]] goes around Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching [[150th meridian west|150°W]]. This brings Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern [[Line Islands]] south of Hawaii, into the same day as the [[Gilbert Islands]] and places them in the most advanced time zone on Earth: [[UTC+14:00|UTC+14]].