Banaba (/bəˈnɑːbə/; formerly Ocean Island) is an island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. A solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island Chain...

Lagerstroemia speciosa (giant crepe-myrtle, Queen's crepe-myrtle, banabá plant, or pride of India, or "Queen's Flower" or "Jarul") is a species of Lagerstroemia...

Banaba is an island in the Pacific Ocean. Banaba may also refer to: Banaba (Lagerstroemia speciosa), a type of tree that grows in most of Southeast Asia...

The economy of Banaba and Nauru has been almost wholly dependent on phosphate, which has led to environmental disaster on these islands, with 80% of the...

atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba. Its total land area is 811 km2 (313 sq mi) dispersed over 3,441,810 km2...

largest coral atoll (in terms of land area, not dimensions) in the world, and Banaba (Ocean Island), one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific...

Micronesian ethnicity. Raobeia Ken Sigrah claims that Banabans, native to Banaba, are ethnically distinct from other I-Kiribati. The Banabans were assimilated...

groups: Banaba – isolated island Gilbert Islands Line Islands Phoenix Islands Kiribati was divided into six districts before gaining independence: Banaba Tarawa...

in the Central Pacific. It is a microstate and its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati about 300 km (190 mi) to the east. It lies northwest of Tuvalu...

Gilbert Islands (Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa...

protracted bid by the residents of Banaba to secede and have their island placed under the protection of Fiji. Because Banaba was devastated by phosphate mining...

This is a list of towns and villages in Kiribati. There are no cities in the country. Antereen Umwa Tabewa Buakonikai (uninhabited village) Kiebu Little...

introduction, phosphate mining, and even bomb testing. Nauru Kiritimati Banaba Makatea Aldabra Henderson Island Islands portal Benton TG. (1995). Biodiversity...

Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) was a 3-kilometre (2 mi)-long phosphate mining railway on Ocean Island (later renamed Banaba Island). It had an...

Nominee / work Award Result Ref. 2023 "Big Flexa" (featuring C'Buda M, Alfa Kat, Banaba Des, Sdida & Man T) Viewers' Choice Won Video of the Year Nominated...

Agriculture & Development Discussion Paper Series No. 2012-3. Breed data sheet: Banaba/Philippines. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and...

Ocean Island may refer to: Banaba Island, Kiribati Kure Atoll, Hawaii, United States Ocean Island Inn, a historic building in Victoria, British Columbia...

road travels from South Tarawa to North Tarawa. Ports and harbours include Banaba, Betio, English Harbor, and Kanton. There is a small network of canals,...

broadcast journalist. Dreaver was born on Banaba, a coral atoll in Kiribati. Her mother, Lavinia, was from Banaba and her father, Peter, was a schoolteacher...

Nauru and Banaba. The Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd, (PPC), which was founded by John T. Arundel and involved in mining at Nauru and Banaba, formed the...

[citation needed] Sigrah, Raobeia Ken; King, Stacey M. (2001). Te Rii Ni Banaba. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. p. 102....

the Australia National University. Katerina Teaiwa has paternal links to Banaba and Tabiteuea in Kiribati and maternal links to Washington D.C in the United...

Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati in 2024 to elect members of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu, with the first round held on 14 August and the second...

settlements, all named after and populated by the descendants of four villages on Banaba (then known as Ocean Island) that were destroyed by the invading Japanese...

Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island). The yellow frigatebird symbolises command over the...

trading activities in the Pacific that involved mining phosphate rock on Banaba (then known as Ocean Island) and Nauru. John T. Arundel and Lord Stanmore...

Teaiwa, Katerina Martina (2015). Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-01460-3....

Enterprise arrived. With Hornet, she performed a feint towards Nauru and Banaba (Ocean) islands which caused the Japanese to delay Operation RY to seize...

and South Carolina. The small island nation of Nauru and its neighbor Banaba Island, which used to have massive phosphate deposits of the best quality...

is usually slightly larger than the low coral islands. Examples include Banaba (formerly Ocean Island) and Makatea in the Tuamotu group of French Polynesia...