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Kiribati

Until 1995 the date line cut Kiribati in two, so offices on either side shared only four working days a week. Now its Line Islands are the first inhabited places to greet each day.

Where its story happens

Kiritimati, in the Line Islands, at 1.87°N, 157.40°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Kiribati

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Kiribati, strung along the equator in the central Pacific, from north of Fiji to south of Hawaii. See Kiribati on a map.
  2. Its 33 coral islands, nearly all low atolls, are spread along the equator, and its capital is on Tarawa atoll.
  3. It is the first country on Earth to see each new day.
  4. In 1995 it moved the International Date Line so the whole country could share the same day.
  5. Its islands straddle both the equator and the 180-degree line, so it lies in all four hemispheres.

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