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There should be a listing of the islands like the one that's on the Line Islands page. The present listing isn't nearly as nice. I am not skilled enough to do it. CharlesRobertCountofNesselrode 17:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I added the correct coordinates. Cannot find data for the population by island column. tiktak 16:25, 02 July 2007 (UTC)
Try here http://www.spc.int/prism/Country/KI/Stats/Census2005/Gen-pdf/GTAB-1.pdf M,A.R.xaTax 01:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok, added the population data from that source (official 2005 census) ^_^ tiktak 06:40, 08 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I'll do it. I was the one who did the Line Islands table, and the Islands of Tuvalu table. Below is the start layout, based on the Tuvalu table. I will continue when I have more contents together. I want to proceed north-south.--Ratzer (talk) 12:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Table of Islands

  • table in preparation on this discussion page
  • will be moved to article page when finished (and replace the island map and table there)
  • notice: this is an atolls/islands table, not a table of local government districts/island councils
  • difference: each atoll is a local government districts/island council, except:
    • Tarawa (divided into Tarawa North, Tarawa South and Betio)
    • Tabiteuea (divided into Tabiteuea North and Tabiteuea South)
  • Of the 16 island units, 11 are atolls, 4 are single low lying coral islands, and one (Makin) is a string of 5 islets arranged in a line north-south
  • of course, only the atolls have lagoon areas
  • table has been moved to article upon completion--Ratzer (talk) 18:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] sources

  • the sources printed bold have been used in the table since they made most sense
  • there are large differences in land are figures among the sources, I used the source that appeared to make most sense and in many cases showed the figures found in most other sources
  • there were two sources identifying capitals, none of them seems without mistake (e.g. Butaritari, Pyramid Point)
  • there is only one source giving lagoon areas for all atolls