This republic's Ocean Island was an important producer of phosphates until it was mined out in 1981.
This republic's Ocean Island was an important producer of phosphates until it was mined out in 1981. Under a treaty of friendship, the U.S. has relinquished its claims to this country's Cantor and Christmas Islands.  Its nearest neighbors are Nauru to the southwest and Tokelau and Tuvalu to the south.  Until 1997, this country surrounded the point at which the International Date Line crosses the equator, and it consists of the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix groups.  FTP, name this group of islands which gained independence from Great Britain in 1972 and whose capital is Tarawa.
This republic's Ocean Island was an important producer of phosphates until it was mined out in 1981.
Republic of Kiribati (pronounced Kiribass)