Abaiang, also known as Apaiang, Apia, and in the past, Charlotte Island, in the Northern Gilbert Islands, is a coral atoll of Kiribati, located in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Abaiang was the island of the first missionary to arrive in the Gilberts, Hiram Bingham II. Abaiang has a population of 5,872.
Teatao Teannaki was an I-Kiribati political figure who served as the second president of Kiribati from 1991 until 1994.
Tabontebike is the village on the south end of Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 379 residents of the village.
Air Kiribati is the flag carrier of the Republic of Kiribati and operates scheduled passenger services to 20 atolls spread over an area of 3.5 million square kilometres (1,400,000 sq mi).
Taburao is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 322 residents of the village. The nearest villages are Ewena and Morikao to the north; and Tebero and Taburoa to the south.
Morikao is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 233 residents of the village. The nearest villages are Koinawa and Aonobuaka to the north and Taburao is to the south.
Aonobuaka is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 328 residents of the village. It is to the north of Koinawa and Morikao and to the south of Borotiam.
Koinawa is a village on Abaiang atoll in Kiribati. There are 312 residents of the village. It is located to the south of Aonobuaka; to its east is Morikao.
Borotiam is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 375 residents of the village. The nearest villages, to the north, are Tebunginako and Koinawa. Aonobuaka is to the east.
Tebunginako is a village on Abaiang atoll in Kiribati; to its west is Ubanteman, and to its south are Borotiam and Koinawa.
Ubanteman is a village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. There are 126 residents of the village. To its north is Takarano, and to its east is Tebunginako.
Takarano is a the most northern village on Abaiang, an atoll in Kiribati. Ubanteman is the village to its south.
Marakei Airport is the airport serving Marakei, Kiribati. It is located on the northern tip of the atoll, near the village of Rawannawi.
Education in Kiribati is free and compulsory from age 6 to 14, which includes primary school through grade six, and Junior Secondary School for three additional grade levels. In 1998, the gross primary enrollment rate was 84.4 percent, and net primary enrollment rate was 70.7 percent. School quality and access to education are better in urban areas; schools in small communities on isolated islands are expensive to maintain. Mission schools are slowly being absorbed into the government primary school system.
Coral Sun Airways is the younger of two Kiribati airlines, established in January 2009. The airline operated domestic service to all 17 airports in the Gilbert Islands, but stopped any regular service and offers only on-demand and chartered flights. In 2015 it purchased one new, larger aircraft, capable of flying to the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands. There was no domestic nor international service to these remote archipelagos to the east of the Gilbert Islands, having 8,800 and 20 inhabitants, respectively, except for one weekly flight on Fiji Airways between Honolulu and Kiritimati (Christmas) Island among the Line Islands, and Air Kiribati domestic flights between the Line Islands.
Tetaake Kwong was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Abaiang.
The Our Lady of the Rosary Church also called the Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Koinawa in east of the Atoll Abaiang, in the North of the Gilbert Islands in the country of Kiribati, Oceania.
Teuea Toatu is an I-Kiribati politician who is the current vice president and minister for Finance & Economic Development in the Cabinet of Kiribati. He is 1 of 3 Members of the House of Assembly representing the constituency of Abaiang. He was appointed vice-president (Kauoman-ni-Beretienti) on 19 June 2019. He graduated with a BA in accounting and economics form the University of the South Pacific in 1980, and completed a certificate in computing at the University of East Anglia in 1984. He subsequently completed his MSc at the University of Strathclyde and his PhD at the Australian National University.
Stephen Whitmee High School is a senior high school in Morikao, Abaiang Island, Kiribati. It is affiliated with the Kiribati Uniting Church.
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