Nauru Country Info - Oceania

Description and Basic Information

Nauru with its capital Yaren is located in Oceania (Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean). It covers some 22 square kilometres (about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC) with 13,000 citizens. Nauru and English are the the languages spoken by people in Nauru.

Nauru is a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands and is the world's smallest independent republic. The are a few sandy beaches but most of the shallow area around the island is coral reefs. Most of the interior of the island is worked-out mining land, which is to be rehabilitated. Swim in Anibore Harbour, which is the best bet for swimming, as most beaches are too shallow and rocky.

Pictures from Capital (Yaren)

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About Nauru

The topography features sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center. The average density of population is about 619 per km². The climate in Nauru can be described as tropical with a monsoonal pattern with rainy season (November to February). Potential natural disasters are periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Nauru dial +674 prior to a number. There are 1,900 installed telephones. And there are 1,500 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".nr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 14 regions/states in Nauru we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Nauruan population grew at a rate of 1.71% (or by 244 citizens). With 92 deaths and 336 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.71%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Nauru: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.