Dig straight down through Kiribati 🇰🇮 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Liberia 🇱🇷. Below are Kiribati's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Tarawa |
|---|---|
| Population | about 118,000 |
| Area | 933 km² (360 sq mi) |
| Region | Micronesia, Oceania |
| Economy | Least developed region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Kiribati |
| Also written | Kiribati (es) · Kiribati (fr) · 基里巴斯 (zh) · كيريباتي (ar) · Кирибати (ru) · キリバス (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Kiribati, that point sits at 1.3611° S, 6.8957° W. The nearest coast is Liberia 🇱🇷, roughly 639 km (397 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Abidjan, Ivory Coast, about 808 km (502 miles) from the point.
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