Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an archipelagic country spanning the Micronesia and Polynesia sub-regions of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. The state comprises 32 atolls and o
Portrait of a native of the Makin Islands, drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate (1841)
Declaration of a protectorate on Abemama by Captain EHM Davis, 27 May 1892
Boeing 314 Clipper in cruise, 1940
Stamp with portrait of King George VI, 1939
Micronesians or the Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic gr
Kiribati
…permanent population of Kiribati is just over 138,000 as of the 2026 census, and more than half live on Tarawa. There is also a significant number of I‑Kiribati forming a diaspora, the largest of which still growing via emigration is probably in New Zealand; historically, diasporic communities were created…
Carolinian/Refaluwasch people in 1915
Kiribati woman performing a dance known as “Te Buki”
Micronesian navigational chart, these were used by Micronesians to navigate through wind and water currents.