Fanning Island, Tapuaerangi, Tabueran, Kiribati, History, Videos & Pictures - Big C Productions, Your Production House

Fanning Island (Tabueran), At A Glance

1798: Edmund Fanning discovers the island
1888: Great Britain annexes the islands and built a cable station on Fanning Island
1916: British protectorate known as the Gilbert and Ellis Island Colony
1971: The Gilbert Islands gain self-rule while the Ellis Islands gain independence as Tuwalu
1979: the remaining islands become independent as Kiribati
1988: more than 4500 islanders were resettled to smaller islands like Fanning, due to overcrowding

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Tarawa
Part of the Republic of Kiribati
anywhere from 1500 - 2000
~21 sq mi (~ 34 sq km)
Kiribati and English (~15 % of Inhabit.)
whatever you have to trade, $ accept.
there's only 1 car - so don't worry

1995: Kiribati moves the international date line to the east in order to avoid being divided into two time zones
2001: Fanning Island becomes a port of call for a major cruise line

Fanning Island, is a little known South Pacific Island where native life is still lived like hundreds of years ago in Polynesian culture. Fanning Island lies approximately 250 miles north of the equator and 150 miles northwest of Christmas Island. The natives call it Tabueran (Tapuaerangi), which means Footprint of Heaven and also indicates the shape of the island.

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