how is kiribati pronounced
UTC+12 to +14. Kiribati [1] (pronounced Kiri-bass) is an island group in Micronesia straddling the equator and, until 1995, the International Date Line. Kiribati's 33 atolls, with a total area of only 811 kmÂ², are scattered over an area of 3.5 million kmÂ².iribati was granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati. The name Kiribati is pronounced Kiri-bass, which is the closest local equivalent to Gilberts.