State of Abemama
Kingdom of Abemama | |||||||
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| 1795–1892 | |||||||
| Capital | Abemama | ||||||
| Demonym(s) | Abemaman (or Apemaman) | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1795 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1892 | ||||||
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The State of Abemama, also known as the Kingdom of Abemama, was a precolonial polity in the Gilbert Islands. It consisted of Abemama, Kuria, and Aranuka. The State of Abemama was ruled by Tuangaona, a Gilbertese clan, for four generations before the United Kingdom annexed the Gilberts in 1892. It was the last independent Gilbertese state before the British protectorate.