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Offical name
Commonwealth of Australia
Capital
Canberra
Government type
federal parliamentary democracy
Language
English, native languages
Area
7,686,850 sq km
Population
20,264,082 ( 2006 est.)
Currency
Australian dollar(AUD)
Religion
Catholic, Anglican
Time zone
GMT/UTC +8,9,10 ()
Country dialing code
61
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The Republic of Kiribati is an archipelago, consisting of the Gilbert Islands where the capital city of Tiara and Babana Island are located, Line Islands and Phoenix Islands. The national flag of Kiribati represents its natural image of the rising Sun over the blue ocean and the frigate bird. This country is also famous for the coastal lines darted with the dense coral reefs. Except some islands, virtually all islands are surrounded by thick coral reefs. And Christmas Island in the Line Islands is referred to as the world’s largest and fantastic coral island. Kiribati is mostly composed of Micronesians who generally believe in Roman Catholicism and Christianity. Therefore, Christmas and Easter are major official holidays for the Kiribati people. They also love music and dance and their South Pacific Art Festival is considered to be the most important traditional festival with the active participation of neighboring countries like Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
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