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Arorae
Arorae. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Arorae (spelling variants: Arorai, Arurai; also known as Hope Island or Hurd Island) is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator. Arorae is the southernmost island in the Gilbert Islands group. It has a population of just over a thousand inhabitants on 9.5 square kilometres.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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