Nanikai, also known as Nanikaai or Nanekai is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

South Tarawa 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 n ...

Kiribati Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa. The st ...

. The small village connects the town of

Bairiki Bairiki is a town located in South Tarawa, Kiribati. It is crucial to the country's political and administrative structure as several governmental organizations and diplomatic missions are situated there. Landmarks The State House, a building ...

to the settlement of Teaoraereke. The village has one main road that runs through the village as well as the Kiribati unting church or ''Ueen kain erim'' in

gilbertese Gilbertese (), also known as Kiribati (sometimes ''Kiribatese'' or ''Tungaru''), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word ''Kiribati'', the current name of th ...

, a

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and the only one in Nanikai. Nanikai is located nearby to the Nanikai causeway, which is named after the village. In February of 2024, Nanikai launched community-based tourism known as Friends in Nanikaai (FIN). This was launched by the Tourism Authority of Kiribati in collaboration with the Environment and Conservation Division to Complement Fisheries Management Initiative.

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