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Reported total area: 811 sq km. Population context: 116,545 (2024 est.). Geographic context: Oceania, group of 32 coral atolls and one raised coral island in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia.

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