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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • larger populations. Raobeia Ken Sigrah claims that Banabans, native to Banaba, are ethnically distinct from other I-Kiribati. The Banabans were assimilated...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Agriculture & Development Discussion Paper Series No. 2012-3. Breed data sheet: Banaba/Philippines. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and...
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  • Barnabas Zhang (Chinese: 張巴拿巴; pinyin: Zhāng Bānábā; 11 February 1882 – 25 January 1961), was an early pioneer of the Chinese indigenous True Jesus Church...
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    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...
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    Micronesia, part of Oceania in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati, about 300 km (190 mi) to the east. It lies northwest of Tuvalu...
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    groups: Banaba – isolated island Gilbert Islands Line Islands Phoenix Islands Kiribati was divided into six districts before gaining independence: Banaba Tarawa...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Teaiwa, Katerina Martina (2015). Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-01460-3....
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    Gilbert Islands (Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Enterprise arrived. With Hornet, she performed a feint towards Nauru and Banaba (Ocean) islands which caused the Japanese to delay Operation RY to seize...
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    'Townhouse'. L. speciosa, known as queen crape myrtle, giant crape myrtle, or banabá, originates in subtropical and tropical India. It can be grown in any similar...
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    Institute Agus-os Elementary School Alulod Elementary School Banaba Cerca Elementary School Banaba Lejos Elementary School Bancod Elementary School Buna Cerca...
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    Island Railway (later Banaba Island Railway) was a 3-kilometre (2 mi)-long guano mining railway on Ocean Island (later renamed Banaba Island). It had an...
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  • 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,...
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  • 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...
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    is usually slightly larger than the low coral islands. Examples include Banaba (formerly Ocean Island) and Makatea in the Tuamotu group of French Polynesia...
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    level, often classified as islets or rocks, while some low islands, such as Banaba, Henderson Island, Makatea, Nauru, and Niue, rise over 50 metres (160 ft)...
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    Village Lagelu Ogunjana/Olowode/Ogburo C. A. C. Primary School, Olowode; St. Banabas Primary School, Ogunjana; Baptist Day School, Ogburo; Eleruko Nla Village;...
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    one of three great phosphate rocks in the Pacific Ocean. (The others are Banaba in Kiribati, and the island nation of Nauru.) Although the Gambier Islands...
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