Editing Banaba (section)

{{Short description|Island in the South Pacific Ocean}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2021}}
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{{Infobox islands
| name             = Banaba
| native_name      = 
| native_name_link = 
| sobriquet        = 
| image_name       = 19 Map of Banaba, Kiribati.jpg
| image_caption    = Banaba (formerly Ocean Island)
| image_size       = 
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| pushpin_map      = Kiribati#Micronesia#Oceania#Pacific Ocean
| pushpin_label    = Banaba
| location         = South Pacific Ocean
| coordinates      = {{Coord|0|51|34|S|169|32|13|E|region:KI-G_type:isle_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago      = 
| total_islands    = 
| major_islands    = 
| area_km2         = 6.29
| rank             = 
| length_km        = 
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| highest_mount    = 
| elevation_m      = 81
| country          = Kiribati
| country1_admin_divisions_title = Island council
| country1_admin_divisions       = Banaba
| population       = 330<ref>{{Cite web
|title=2020 Kiribati Population and Housing Census
|url=https://kir20phc.prism.spc.int/
|access-date=27 January 2021
|archive-date=10 October 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010051344/https://kir20phc.prism.spc.int/
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2020
| density_km2      = 52.5
| languages        = [[Gilbertese language|Gilbertese]]
| ethnic_groups    = [[Banabans]] (100%)
| timezone1        = [[UTC+12:00]]
| utc_offset1      = 
| additional_info  = 
}}

'''Banaba'''<ref group=notes>The correct spelling and etymology in [[Gilbertese language|Gilbertese]] should be ''Bwanaba'' but the Constitution of Kiribati writes Banaba. Because of the spelling in English or French, the name was very often written Paanapa or Paanopa, as it was in 1901 Act.</ref> ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|n|ɑː|b|ə}}; formerly '''Ocean Island''') is an island of [[Kiribati]] in the Pacific Ocean. A solitary [[raised coral atoll|raised coral island]] west of the [[Gilbert Islands|Gilbert Island Chain]], it is the westernmost point of Kiribati, lying {{convert|185|mi}} east of [[Nauru]], which is also its nearest neighbour. It has an area of {{convert|6|km2|spell=in}},<ref>{{Cite web
 | title =Islands of Kiribati
 | first =Arthur
 | last =Dahl
 | date =12 July 1988
 | work =Island Directory
 | publisher =UN System-Wide Earthwatch Web Site
 | url =http://islands.unep.ch/IKQ.htm#Banaba
 | access-date =14 April 2012
 | archive-date =11 February 2012
 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120211113215/http://islands.unep.ch/IKQ.htm#Banaba
 | url-status =dead
 }}</ref> and the highest point on the island is also the highest point in Kiribati, at {{convert|81|m}} in height.<ref name="B2012">{{Cite web|work= Office of Te Beretitenti – Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series|title= 19. Banaba|year= 2012|url= http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/19_BANABA-revised-2012.pdf|access-date= 28 April 2015|archive-date= 23 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204837/http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/19_BANABA-revised-2012.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref> Along with [[Nauru]] and [[Makatea]] ([[French Polynesia]]), it is one of the important elevated [[phosphate]]-rich islands of the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]].<ref>C.Michael Hogan. 2011. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Phosphate?topic=49557 ''Phosphate''. Encyclopedia of Earth. Topic ed. Andy Jorgensen. Ed.-in-Chief C.J. Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025180158/http://www.eoearth.org/article/Phosphate?topic=49557 |date=25 October 2012 }}</ref>