Nauru

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Nauru is a tiny island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, known for its past wealth from phosphate mining and its status as one of the world’s smallest independent republics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island country
republic
sovereign state
areaSquareKilometres 21
borderType no land borders
callingCode +674
capital Yaren District
characteristic one of the least populous sovereign states
one of the smallest countries in the world by area
climate tropical
continent Oceania
currency Australian dollar
demonym Nauruan
drivesOn right
economicIssue depletion of phosphate reserves
economicSector public administration
services
formerColonyOf Germany
formerMainExport phosphate
formerTrusteeshipAdministeredBy Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
geographicalFeature raised coral atoll
governmentType unitary parliamentary republic
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
headOfState President of Nauru
independenceDate 1968-01-31
independenceFrom Australia
internetTLD .nr
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code NR
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code NRU
knownFor extensive phosphate mining
having no official capital city
severe environmental degradation from mining
largestSettlement Yaren District
legislature Parliament of Nauru
locatedIn Central Pacific Ocean
surface form: central Pacific Ocean
locatedOn Nauru self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nauru Island
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations
Pacific Islands Forum
United Nations
nationalSport Australian rules football
officialLanguage English
Nauruan
populationRange 10,000–15,000 inhabitants
primaryReligion Christianity
regionalOrganizationMember Pacific Community
timeZone UTC+12
UNM49Code 520
uses Australian dollar as de facto currency

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Member States of the United Nations includes Nauru
this entity surface form: Republic of Nauru
Oceania containsCountry Nauru
Micronesia hasPart Nauru
this entity surface form: Republic of Nauru
Micronesia hasPart Nauru
this entity surface form: Nauru Island
UNTC supervised Nauru
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: Trust Territory of Nauru
Australian pound usedIn Nauru
PIF hasMember Nauru
subject surface form: Pacific Islands Forum
Pacific Islands hasPart Nauru
Nauru locatedOn Nauru self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nauru Island
Micronesian Presidents' Summit hasMember Nauru
this entity surface form: Republic of Nauru
Micronesians associatedWithCountry Nauru
this entity surface form: Republic of Nauru
Boé Declaration on Regional Security namedAfter Nauru
this entity surface form: Boe, Nauru
Nauruan spokenIn Nauru
Nauruan primaryCountry Nauru
Nauruan country Nauru
Abkhazia recognizedBy Nauru
British Western Pacific Territories appliesToJurisdiction Nauru
this entity surface form: Nauru (at certain periods)
Micronesian languages spokenIn Nauru
this entity surface form: Republic of Nauru
Oceanic spokenInCountry Nauru
Yaren District country Nauru
Yaren District locatedOn Nauru
Parliament of Nauru jurisdiction Nauru
this entity surface form: Republic of Nauru