Nauru

E29717

island country republic sovereign state

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

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 →
locatedOn	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 →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Micronesian Presidents' Summit ("Republic of Nauru") → Pacific Community → Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum →	hasMember
Micronesia ("Republic of Nauru") → Micronesia ("Nauru Island") → Pacific Islands →	hasPart
Abkhazia → South Ossetia → South Ossetian forces →	recognizedBy
Kiribati language → Nauruan →	spokenIn
Boé Declaration on Regional Security →	adoptedInPlace
British Western Pacific Territories ("Nauru (at certain periods)") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Micronesians ("Republic of Nauru") →	associatedWithCountry
Oceania →	containsCountry
Nauruan →	country
Commonwealth of Nations →	hasMemberState
Nauruan →	hasOfficialStatusIn
Member States of the United Nations ("Republic of Nauru") →	includes
Nauru ("Nauru Island") →	locatedOn
Boé Declaration on Regional Security ("Boe, Nauru") →	namedAfter
Australian dollar →	officialCurrencyOf
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 →	opposedBy
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Nauruan →	primaryCountry
United Nations Trusteeship Council ("Trust Territory of Nauru") →	supervised
Australian pound →	usedIn