Outline of Nauru
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nauru:
Nauru – sovereign island nation located in the Micronesian South Pacific.[1] Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati, 300 kilometres (190 mi) due east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8 sq mi), the smallest independent republic, and the only republican state in the world without an official capital. It is the least populous member of the United Nations.
Initially inhabited by Micronesian and Polynesian peoples, Nauru was annexed and designated a colony by Germany in the late 19th century, and became a mandate territory administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom following World War I. The island was occupied by Japan during World War II, and after the war entered into trusteeship again. Nauru achieved independence in 1968.
Nauru is a phosphate rock island, and its primary economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island.[2] With the exhaustion of phosphate reserves, its environment severely degraded by mining, and the trust established to manage the island's wealth significantly reduced in value, the government of Nauru has resorted to unusual measures to obtain income. In the 1990s, Nauru briefly became a tax haven and money laundering centre. Since 2001, it accepted aid from the Australian government; in exchange for this aid, Nauru housed, until early 2008, an offshore detention centre that held and processed asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.[3]
General reference
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- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Nauru
- Official English country name: The Republic of Nauru
- Common endonym(s): Naoero
- Official endonym(s): Repubrikin Naoero
- Adjectival(s): Nauruan
- Demonym(s): Nauruans
- ISO country codes: NR, NRU, 520
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .nr
Geography of Nauru
[edit]- Nauru is: a country
- Location:
- Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Pacific Ocean
- South Pacific
- Time zone: UTC+12
- Extreme points of Nauru
- High: Command Ridge 71 m (233 ft)
- Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 30 km
- Population of Nauru]l: 10,000 - 214th most populous country
- Area of Nauru: 21 km2
- Nauruan navigational system
Environment of Nauru
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- Climate of Nauru
- Geology of Nauru
- Wildlife of Nauru
Natural geographic features of Nauru
[edit]- Islands of Nauru: Nauru consists in a single island
- Lakes of Nauru: one: Buada Lagoon[4]
- Mountains of Nauru: none
- Rivers of Nauru: none[4]
- World Heritage Sites in Nauru: none
Administrative divisions of Nauru
[edit]Administrative divisions of Nauru
Districts of Nauru
[edit]Municipalities of Nauru
[edit]- Capital of Nauru: the Yaren District is the de facto capital of Nauru
- Cities of Nauru
Demography of Nauru
[edit]Government and politics of Nauru
[edit]- Form of government: parliamentary republic
- Capital of Nauru: Yaren District (de facto only; there is no official capital)
- Elections in Nauru
- Political parties in Nauru: none
Branches of the government of Nauru
[edit]Executive branch of the government of Nauru
[edit]Legislative branch of the government of Nauru
[edit]Judicial branch of the government of Nauru
[edit]Foreign relations of Nauru
[edit]International organisation membership
[edit]The Republic of Nauru is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Nauru
[edit]Military of Nauru
[edit]Nauru has no regular military forces. Nauru's defence is the responsibility of Australia.
History of Nauru
[edit]Culture of Nauru
[edit]- Cuisine of Nauru
- Languages of Nauru
- Media in Nauru
- National symbols of Nauru
- People of Nauru
- Public holidays in Nauru
- Religion in Nauru
- World Heritage Sites in Nauru: None
Art in Nauru
[edit]Sports in Nauru
[edit]Economy and infrastructure of Nauru
[edit]- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 189th (one hundred and eighty ninth)
- Communications in Nauru
- Currency of Nauru: Dollar
- Tourism in Nauru
- Transport in Nauru
Education in Nauru
[edit]Infrastructure of Nauru
[edit]See also
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- Index of Nauru-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Nauru-related topics
- Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of geography
- Outline of Oceania
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nauru". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Republic of Nauru Permanent Mission to the United Nations Archived 18 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2006-05-10.
- ^ "Australia ends 'Pacific Solution'". BBC News. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ a b Nauru on Google Sites
External links
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- Nauru, Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Asian Development Bank Country Economic Report, Nauru, November 2007
- Our Airline - the former Air Nauru
- Discover Nauru The Official Nauru Tourism Website
- CenPac - The ISP of the Republic of Nauru
- Radio program "This American Life" featured a 30-minute story on Nauru
- High resolution aerial views of Nauru on Google Maps
- Nauru country information on globalEDGE
