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Geographic coordinates: 1 25 North of the Equator, 173 00 East of Greenwich

Time Zone: GMT +12

kiribati.gif (18093 bytes)Location: Oceania, group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia;

Note: On 1 January 1995, Kiribati unilaterally "moved" the International Date Line from the middle of the country to include its easternmost islands and make it the same day throughout the country.  This means that they will be the first place (in terms of longitude) to see in the millennium.   Governments can and do vary time zones; China, despite being a vast country, operates to a single time zone.


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is where East meets West at the (0° Longitude); World Time is set . Remember the new millennium started in .

Greenwich lies on the , a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see .  There is the famous to visit and the .  Just down river is the which is close to

The at Greenwich is in along with the and the (on which the in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit

The starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of and his daughters (Bloody Mary) and (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at .

It has seen many famous visitors from through to .  This and a lot more in .

For information on all the other places in the world called Greenwich including Greenwich Village, New York City, USA then visit .

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