Local time
Fri, 4:21 AM GMT+12Pacific/TarawaCityCapital
Tarawa
1.34° N, 173.02° E
- Population
- 28,802
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 1
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 1 cities of Kiribati in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Kiribati, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Pacific/Tarawa
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Tarawa, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Tarawa have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Tarawa is said to derive from the I-Kiribati words "te" ("the") and "rawa" ("run"), referring to a channel through a nearby reef.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person