Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Nauru
Republic of Nauru Repubrikin Naoero (Nauruan) | |
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| Motto: "God's will first" | |
| Anthem: Nauru Bwiema "Nauru, our homeland" | |
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| Capital | Yaren (de facto)[a] 0°32′S 166°55′E / 0.533°S 166.917°ECoordinates: 0°32′S 166°55′E / 0.533°S 166.917°E |
| Largest city | Denigomodu |
| Official languages | Nauruan and English |
| Commonly spoken | English[b] |
| Demonym(s) | Nauruan |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency under a non-partisan democracy |
| Lionel Aingimea | |
| Marcus Stephen | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Independence | |
• from UN trusteeship (from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand) | 31 January 1968 |
| Area | |
• Total | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) (193rd) |
• Water (%) | 0.57 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 10,834[4][5] (227th) |
• 2011 census | 10,084[6] |
• Density | 480/km2 (1,243.2/sq mi) (12th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $132 million[7] (192nd) |
• Per capita | $9,995[7] (94th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $133 million[7] |
• Per capita | $10,125[7] |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) |
| Time zone | UTC+12[8] |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +674 |
| ISO 3166 code | NR |
| Internet TLD | .nr |
Nauru
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km (190 mi) to the east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast of Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With only a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic as well as the smallest island nation. Its population of about 10,000 is the world's second-smallest, after Vatican City.