Place:Outline of Nauru

Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Nauru

The location 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. 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. 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 .

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Nauru

• 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
• Etymology: Name of Nauru
• ISO country codes: NR, NRU, 520
• ISO region codes: See NR
• Internet country code top-level domain: .nr

Geography of Nauru

Geography of Nauru

• Nauru is: a country
• Location:
  • Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Pacific Ocean
    • South Pacific
      • Oceania
        • Micronesia
  • 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: 10,000 - 214th most populous country
• Area of Nauru: 21 km²
• Atlas of Nauru
• Nauruan navigational system

Environment of Nauru

An enlargeable satellite image of Nauru

• Climate of Nauru
• Renewable energy in Nauru
• Geology of Nauru
• Protected areas of Nauru
  • Biosphere reserves in Nauru
  • National parks of Nauru
• Wildlife of Nauru
  • Fauna of Nauru
    • Birds of Nauru
    • Mammals of Nauru

Natural geographic features of Nauru

• Islands of Nauru: Nauru consists in a single island
• Lakes of Nauru: one: Buada Lagoon
• Mountains of Nauru: none
• Rivers of Nauru: none
• World Heritage Sites in Nauru: none

Regions of Nauru

Regions of Nauru

Ecoregions of Nauru

List of ecoregions in Nauru

• Ecoregions in Nauru

Administrative divisions of Nauru

Administrative divisions of Nauru

• Districts of Nauru

Districts of Nauru

Districts of Nauru

Municipalities of Nauru

Municipalities of Nauru

• Capital of Nauru: the Yaren District is the de facto capital of Nauru
• Cities of Nauru

Demography of Nauru

Demographics of Nauru

Government and politics of Nauru

Politics of Nauru

• 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

Government of Nauru

Executive branch of the government of Nauru

• Head of state/Head of government: President of Nauru Sprent Dabwido

Legislative branch of the government of Nauru

• Parliament of Nauru (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Nauru

Court system of Nauru

• Supreme Court of Nauru

Foreign relations of Nauru

Foreign relations of Nauru

• Diplomatic missions in Nauru
• Diplomatic missions of Nauru
• Australia-Nauru relations

International organisation membership

The Republic of Nauru is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (Sparteca)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Law and order in Nauru

Law of Nauru

• Constitution of Nauru
• Crime in Nauru
• Human rights in Nauru
  • LGBT rights in Nauru
  • Freedom of religion in Nauru
• Law enforcement in Nauru

Military of Nauru

Nauru has no regular military forces. Nauru's defence is the responsibility of Australia.

Local government in Nauru

Local government in Nauru

History of Nauru

History of Nauru

• Timeline of the history of Nauru
• Current events of Nauru
• Military history of Nauru
• Japanese occupation of Nauru

Culture of Nauru

Culture of Nauru

• Architecture of Nauru
• Cuisine of Nauru
• Festivals in Nauru
• Languages of Nauru
• Media in Nauru
  • Television in Nauru
• National symbols of Nauru
  • Coat of arms of Nauru
  • Flag of Nauru
  • National anthem of Nauru
• People of Nauru
• Public holidays in Nauru
• Records of Nauru
• Religion in Nauru
  • Christianity in Nauru
  • Hinduism in Nauru
  • Islam in Nauru
  • Judaism in Nauru
  • Sikhism in Nauru
• World Heritage Sites in Nauru: None

Art in Nauru

• Art in Nauru
• Cinema of Nauru
• Literature of Nauru
• Music of Nauru
• Theatre in Nauru

Sports in Nauru

Sports in Nauru

• Football in Nauru
• Nauru at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Nauru

Economy of Nauru

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 189th (one hundred and eighty ninth)
• Agriculture in Nauru
• Banking in Nauru
  • National Bank of Nauru
• Communications in Nauru
  • Internet in Nauru
• Companies of Nauru
• Currency of Nauru: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: AUD
• Energy in Nauru
  • Energy policy of Nauru
  • Oil industry in Nauru
• Mining in Nauru
• Tourism in Nauru
  • Visa policy of Nauru
• Transport in Nauru
• Nauru Stock Exchange

Education in Nauru

Education in Nauru

• Nauru Secondary School
• Nauru College

Infrastructure of Nauru

• Health care in Nauru
• Transportation in Nauru
  • Airports in Nauru
  • Rail transport in Nauru
  • Roads in Nauru
• Water supply and sanitation in Nauru

See also

Nauru

• 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

External links

• 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
• Nauru at Curlie
• High resolution aerial views of Nauru on Google Maps
• Nauru country information on globalEDGE