Editing Kiribati (section)

=== Administrative divisions ===
{{main|List of islands of Kiribati}}
[[File:CarolinePic-Kepler-Long.JPG|thumb|[[Line Islands]]: [[Millennium Island]] channel between west side of Long Island and Nake Island]]
[[File:Marakei Atoll.jpg|thumb|[[Marakei]], North Gilbert Islands]]
There are 21 inhabited islands in Kiribati. Kiribati can be geographically divided into three [[archipelago]]es or groups of islands, which have no administrative functions. They are:
* [[Gilbert Islands]]
* [[Phoenix Islands]], in one of the [[List of largest protected areas in the world|largest marine protected areas]] on Earth (was the largest from 2008 to 2010)<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP231103 |title = Kiribati creates world's largest marine reserve |publisher = Reuters |date = 14 February 2008 |access-date = 14 May 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Line Islands]]

The original [[Districts of Kiribati|districts]] before independence were:
* [[Banaba]] (Ocean Island)
* [[Tarawa Atoll]]
* [[Northern Gilbert Islands]]
* [[Central Gilbert Island]]
* [[South Gilbert Islands|Southern Gilbert Islands]]
* [[Line Islands]]

Four of the former districts (including Tarawa) lie in the Gilbert Islands, where most of the country's population lives. Five of the Line Islands are uninhabited ([[Malden Island]], [[Starbuck Island]], [[Millennium Island]], [[Vostok Island]] and [[Flint Island]]). The Phoenix Islands are uninhabited except for [[Kanton Island|Kanton]], and have no representation. Banaba itself is sparsely inhabited now. There is also a non-elected representative of the Banabans on [[Rabi Island]] in Fiji.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McAdam |first=Jane |title=How a small Pacific community sparked constitutional innovation on citizenship |url=https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/news/how-small-pacific-community-sparked-70-years-constitutional-innovation-citizenship |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au}}</ref>

Each of the 21 inhabited islands<ref name=CIA/> has its own local council that takes care of daily affairs. There is one council for each inhabited island, with two exceptions: Tarawa Atoll has three councils: [[Betio]] Town Council, {{ill|Teinainano Urban Council|it}} (TUC) (for the rest of [[South Tarawa]]) and Eutan Tarawa Council (ETC) (for [[North Tarawa]]); and [[Tabiteuea]] has two councils.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiribati |url=https://dlab.epfl.ch/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/k/Kiribati.htm |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=dlab.epfl.ch}}</ref>