Bairiki

Bairiki is one of the principal government islets of South Tarawa and long served as a centre of Kiribati's administration, holding ministries, offices and the national sports ground. Connected to neighbouring islets by causeways, it forms part of the densely populated strip that makes up the capital area. The islet's playing field and public buildings are focal points of civic life in a nation spread across a vast area of ocean. As part of the crowded, low-lying capital, Bairiki illustrates the pressures of population and land scarcity on a.