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Tarawa
Ta·ra·wa
[
tə rwə,
tárrə w
]
atoll in the west central Pacific Ocean and capital of Kiribati. It was retaken in World War II by U.S. Marines from the Japanese in November 1943.
Population: 28,802 (1990).
Area: 23 sq km (9 sq mi.)
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