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About 2012: Facts and trivia

January 1, 2012 will start first on some of the islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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The 2012 New Year will begin on January 1, 2012.

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First up into 2012 is Kiritimati, Christmas Island and Kiribati. Last in to celebrate the New Year are:

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Geographically, the world will be half way into 2012 when the time zone GMT or UTC enters the New Year. This time zone includes the United Kingdom, Ireland, Morocco, Iceland, and Western Sahara.

The most densely populated time zone is in the UTC offset of +8 hours. This time zone includes China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Western Australia with up to a quarter of the world’s population. About half of the world’s population will have begun 2012 at UTC+5:30 when India enters the New Year.

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