World Region Information --- Nauru Information
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It is located northwest of Tuvalu, northeast of the Solomon Islands, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia, south of the Marshall Islands, and easteast of Papua New Guinea. The nearest foreign territory is Banaba Island (Ocean Island) in Kiribati, 300 km east of Nauru.
about 21km2
Yaren District(de facto) (750)
about 11,000 people
58% Nauru, 26% Other Pacific Islander, 8% Caucasian, 8% Chinese
Nauru, English
Christianity predominates.
Strongly influenced by the modern West, ancient traditional culture is being lost.
- Anibare Bay
- Central Plateau
- Moqua Well
- Buada Lagoon
Children between the ages of 6 and 16 have compulsory education. The literacy rate is about 96%.
- USP Nauru Campus
- Nauru College
1888 Annexed by Germany as part of the Marshall Islands Protectorate
1900 British company discovers phosphate on island
1906 Germany grants mining rights to a British-owned company, and phosphate mining begins. Profits are split between German and British companies
1914 Australian forces occupied
1920 League of Nations mandated territory with Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom as governing powers
1942-45 Japanese occupation. About 1,200 Nauru deported to Micronesia for forced labor
1947 Trust Territory under Australian administration
1967 Nauru gain control of phosphate mining
1968 Independence under the first president Hammer DeRobert
1969 Independently joins the Commonwealth
1989 United Nations report on greenhouse effect warns that Nauru may disappear under the sea in the 21st century. International Court of Justice appeals against Australia's unfair advantage of Nauru's phosphate dating back to trusteeship period
1993 Australia, New Zealand, UK agree to pay settlement
1998 Bankruptcy of the State Bank
1999 Nauru joins the United Nations
2001 The Tampa Incident (or the Pacific Solution, in which Nauru received financial aid from Australia by temporarily accepting refugees who had been denied entry by Australia)
2002 There are about 1,000 refugees (asylum seekers). Criticized Australia for not keeping its promises to accept refugees. Established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. receive aid from the People's Republic of China
2003 Dissolved offshore bank due to money laundering allegations. Some asylum seekers go on hunger strike. The government goes silent
2004 Defaulted on debt payments. Australia dispatches officials in charge of national finances with Nauru's asset management
2005 Restored diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The People's Republic of China condemns this. Removed from the list of non-cooperating countries for money laundering. Unable to pay debts, Air Nauru's sole plane seized by US bank
2006 Australia repatriates Burmese refugees to Nauru
2007 Australia repatriates Sri Lankan refugees to Nauru
2008 Australia reverses Pacific Solution policy and closes detention camps. Last refugees leave Nauru
2012 Australia reopens immigration detention center for asylum seekers in Nauru, again due to offshore immigration policy. Human Rights group Amnesty International criticizes camp as inhumane
2013 Riots at Australia-run migrant camps
2016 Senior UN official visiting Nauru criticizes Australian-run migrant detention camps as inhumane
It is a parliamentary democracy. The president is elected by the members of parliament and heads the government. The parliament is unicameral.
- Parliament of Nauru
$8,570
It once prospered around 1970 due to the phosphate mining industry, but went bankrupt around the late 1990s after its phosphate reserves ran out. It has been recovering little by little in recent years.
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Nauru, Niue, Vanuatu, Palau, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
