Key Facts about Nauru

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To help meet the cost of moving about 10,000 residents from low-lying homes menaced by rising sea levels and floods, the remote Pacific Ocean nation of Nauru aims to sell citizenships for the climate-threatened island.

About Nauru

• Nauru is an island nation and a microstate in Oceania, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. 
• It is the smallest republic in the world with a land area of about 8 square miles and a population of 12,500.
• The island is about 1,300 km northeast of the Solomon Islands; its closest neighbour is the island of Banaba, in Kiribati, some 300 km to the east. 
• Nauru is a raised, fossilized coral atoll and is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean. 
• The island is dominated by a central phosphate plateau which is surrounded by coral cliffs. 
• Phosphate mining has ravaged the interior of the island, leaving about four-fifths of it uninhabitable and uncultivable.
• It has no official capital city. Located on the southern coast of the island country is the district of Yaren – the de facto capital of Nauru.
• Their native language is Nauruan, but English is widely spoken as it is used for government and commercial purposes.
• Its constitution, adopted upon gaining independence in 1968, established it as a republic with a Westminster-style parliamentary system of government. 

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Nauru FAQs

Q1. What language is spoken in Nauru?

Ans. The official language of Nauru is Nauruan, a distinct Micronesian language.

Q2. What is the capital of Nauru?

Ans. Nauru does not have an official capital. 

Q3. Does Nauru have a military?

Ans. No, Nauru does not have a military.

Source: ET