South Tarawa
South Tarawa is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population.
South Tarawa is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki and Tanaea in the north-east, connected by the South Tarawa main road, with an approximate population of 73,073 as of 2026.
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Getting to South Tarawa
- Airports
- Bonriki (TRW), 11 km
- Majuro Atoll → South Tarawa665 km · quickest by air, 5h 38m · $160–260
- Okat → South TarawaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for South Tarawa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for South Tarawa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCaptains usually accept hitchhikers for a small fee.
From Wikivoyage: Tarawa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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If you know how people move in South Tarawa – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to South Tarawa
- Eitahuman settlement on Tarawa in Kiribati3.4 km