Kiritimati Island, the first territory to celebrate the arrival of the New Year 2024; where is located?

The more than 7,300 residents of the remote island of Kiritimati in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati were the first people in the world to receive the New Year 2024.

Residents of this island, who entered on January 1st at 10:00 GMT on December 31st, are followed around 15 minutes later by citizens of the New Zealand territory of the Chatham Islands, while an hour later it will be their turn for Tonga. , Samoa and major cities in New Zealand.

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In Aucklandthe first major city to welcome the new year, as is tradition, the countdown to the arrival of 2024 will be done from the Sky Tower, in the city center, followed by a pyrotechnic display over the bay of the New Zealand capital.

An hour later the New Year reaches Fiji, Tuvalu, Nauru and other islands in the Kiribatias well as the region of Chukotkain the northeast corner of Russia.

Although some of the main cities of Australia as SydneyMelbourne or Canberra, receive 2024 at 1pm GMT.

Around a million people, according to official estimates, will gather in Sydney Harbor – the self-proclaimed “New Year capital of the world” – to witness the eight tons of fireworks that will light the fuse of 2024.

Source: Elcomercio

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