Nauru flag information

Flag description: blue with a narrow, horizontal yellow stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator (the yellow stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru. .

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Oceania

Additional information about Nauru

Official country name: Republic of Nauru

Short name: Nauru
Local names (long and short forms): Republic of Nauru / Nauru
Former name: Pleasant Island
Abbreviation:
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Nationality noun / adjective: Nauruan(s) / Nauruan

Languages spoken: Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes. .

Capital: none (GMT 9.9, summertime: )
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Government type: republic

Population: 13770 ranked 225, (data 2008)

Geography: Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator. The lowest point is Pacific Ocean 0 m and the highest point is unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m. .

Coastline: Coastline 30 km - . .

Land borders: Nauru has a total of 0 km landborders, bordering to . . .

Administrative divisions: 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren

Dependent areas:

Independence: 31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship)