Abaiang was the island of the first missionary to arrive in the Gilberts, Hiram Bingham II. Abaiang has a population of 5,872 (2020 census). Abaiang Atoll...
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Abaiang Airport (IATA: ABF, ICAO: NGAB) is the airport serving Abaiang, Kiribati. It is located on Abaiang Island, between the villages of Tabwiroa (north)...
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States Marshall Islands Kiribati Gilbert Islands (Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin...
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geographically and traditionally encompass Butaritari, Makin, Marakei, Abaiang (literally northland) and Tarawa. They have unique tonal accents with differences...
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part of modern Kiribati. The first Baháʼís pioneered to the island of Abaiang (aka Charlotte Island, of the Gilbert Islands), on March 4, 1954. They...
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HMS Blanche (1867), under Captain Cortland Herbert Simpson, visited Tawara, Abaiang and Butaritari. Also in 1872, the sloop Basilisk (1848), under Captain...
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Tabontebike is the village on the south end of Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 379 residents of the village (2010 census). The village has a medical...
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president of Kiribati from 1991 until 1994. He was first elected to represent Abaiang in the House of Assembly of the Gilbert Islands. Teatao Teannaki, Minister...
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However, it was not until Hiram Bingham II took up missionary work on Abaiang in the 1860s that the language began to take on the written form known...
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Tebunginako is a village on Abaiang atoll in Kiribati; to its west is Ubanteman, and to its south are Borotiam and Koinawa. The settlement had been dealing...
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