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Kiribati (officially the Republic of Kiribati is an independent island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. It was formerly part of Gilbert and Ellice Islands before it gained its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign state in 1979. The name Kiribati was adopted in 1979 at independence. It is…

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Tuvalu (formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The origins of the people of Tuvalu are addressed in the theories regarding migration into the Pacific that began about three…

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The Gilbert Islands (formerly Kingsmill or King’s-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii. They were the British colony of the Gilbert Islands from 1976 to 1979, succeeding to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony…

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The Gilbert and Ellice Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony, from 12 January 1916 until 1 January 1976, part of the British Empire. The history of the colony was mainly characterized by phosphate mining in Ocean Island. In October 1975, these islands were…

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The Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the South Pacific Ocean were a British protectorate from 1892 and a colony from 1916. Websites Pacific Islands Study Circle

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