South Tarawa#Bairiki

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Bairiki is an island and one of the most important places of the atoll of Tarawa, the main atoll of the island nation of Kiribati. In Bairiki are most of the buildings of the Government of Kiribati, which is why the place by some, especially German, is called sources as the capital of the island state. However, the capital is the District South Tarawa, the Bairiki and the neighboring islands includes.

In Bairiki can be found next to the post and telephone office, a small port - the main port of the island nation is on the nearby island of Betio - and a campus of the University of the South Pacific with 3,000 students.

Including the Bairiki Causeway ( Causeway, 3.6 hectares) and yard with pier ( 1.4 hectares ), the island has an area of ​​51.0 hectares. To the east lies the island Nanikai, in the west Betio. The islands are connected by a causeway ( causeway ).