Capital City | Tarawa |
Capital location | 1 21 N, 173 02 E |
Capital - time difference |
UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory was in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line |