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Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%93%E1%8B%8D%E1%88%A9" title="ናውሩ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ናውሩ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82" title="नैरू – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="नैरू" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ناورو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ناورو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naouru" title="Naouru – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Naouru" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%81" title="নাউৰু – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="নাউৰু" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1uru" title="Náuru – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Náuru" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="نائورو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="نائورو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81" title="নাউরু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="নাউরু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%93%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8D" title="ནའུ་རུ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ནའུ་རུ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawrw" title="Nawrw – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Nawrw" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ناورو – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ناورو" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%82%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%AA%DE%83%DE%AB" title="ނައުރޫ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ނައުރޫ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81" title="नाउरु – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="नाउरु" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Ναουρού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ναουρού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauro" title="Nauro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nauro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="نائورو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نائورو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naur%C3%BB" title="Naurû – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Naurû" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawru" title="Nawru – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Nawru" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1r%C3%BA" title="Nárú – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Nárú" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naaroo" title="Naaroo – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Naaroo" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%81" title="નૌરુ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="નૌરુ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%BF" title="𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌿" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81" title="नौरु – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="नौरु" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%98%EC%9A%B0%EB%A3%A8" title="나우루 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="나우루" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Նաուրու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նաուրու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81" title="नाउरु – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नाउरु" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81" title="নাউরু – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="নাউরু" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawuru" title="Nawuru – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Nawuru" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%BAr%C3%BA" title="Naúrú – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Naúrú" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95" title="נאורו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נאורו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8C%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81" title="ನೌರು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ನೌರು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3" title="ნაურუ – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნაურუ" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawuru" title="Nawuru – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Nawuru" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naurua" title="Naurua – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Naurua" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayouwou" title="Nayouwou – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Nayouwou" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%BBr%C3%BB" title="Naûrû – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Naûrû" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauero" title="Nauero – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Nauero" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoro" title="Naoro – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Naoro" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%81" title="നൗറു – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നൗറു" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawru" title="Nawru – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Nawru" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82" title="नौरू – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नौरू" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3" title="ნაურუ – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ნაურუ" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ناورو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ناورو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="نائورو – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="نائورو" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%8E%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A8" title="ꯅꯥꯎꯔꯨ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯅꯥꯎꯔꯨ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91aouru" title="Ñaouru – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Ñaouru" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%94%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="နအူရူးနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="နအူရူးနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauro" title="Nauro – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Nauro" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82" title="नाउरू – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="नाउरू" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81" title="नाउरु – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="नाउरु" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB" title="ナウル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ナウル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauruu" title="Nauruu – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Nauruu" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%81" title="ନାଉରୁ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ନାଉରୁ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82" title="ਨਾਉਰੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਨਾਉਰੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81" title="नौरु – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="नौरु" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ناورو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ناورو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="نايورو – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="نايورو" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawru" title="Nawru – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Nawru" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81" title="नौरु – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="नौरु" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nworu" title="Nworu – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Nworu" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naurua" title="Naurua – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Naurua" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%8C%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%96" title="නාඌරූ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="නාඌරූ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="نائورو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="نائورو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83" title="Наоуроу – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Наоуроу" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawru" title="Nawru – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Nawru" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88" title="نائووروو – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="نائووروو" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81" title="நவூரு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="நவூரு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%81%BC%E1%81%A2%E1%80%9D%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8" title="မိူင်းၼၢဝ်ရူး – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းၼၢဝ်ရူး" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B9" title="ประเทศนาอูรู – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศนาอูรู" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naulu" title="Naulu – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Naulu" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chy mw-list-item"><a href="https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Cheyenne" lang="chy" hreflang="chy" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Tsetsêhestâhese" data-language-local-name="Cheyenne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tsetsêhestâhese</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Nauru" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83" title="Науру – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Науру" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ناورو – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ناورو" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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.ib-country-largest,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-sovereignty{font-weight:normal;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Republic of Nauru</div><div class="ib-country-names"><span title="Nauruan-language text"><i lang="na">Repubrikin Naoero</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Nauruan_language" title="Nauruan language">Nauruan</a>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nauru.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Nauru"><img alt="Flag of Nauru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/125px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/188px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png 1.5x, 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/></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Nauru" title="Coat of arms of Nauru"> Coat of arms</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Motto: </b>"God's will first"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <span title="Nauruan-language text"><i lang="na"><a href="/wiki/Nauru_Bwiema" title="Nauru Bwiema">Nauru Bwiema</a></i></span><br />"Nauru, our homeland"<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"></div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="79" data-mwtitle="Nauru_Bwiema.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Nauru_Bwiema.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/Nauru_Bwiema.ogg/Nauru_Bwiema.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ANauru_Bwiema.ogg&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English (en)" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ANauru_Bwiema.ogg&lang=na&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="na" label="Dorerin Naoero (na)" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ANauru_Bwiema.ogg&lang=pt&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="pt" label="português (pt)" data-dir="ltr" /></audio></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NRU_orthographic.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Nauru"><img alt="Location of Nauru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/NRU_orthographic.svg/250px-NRU_orthographic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/NRU_orthographic.svg/375px-NRU_orthographic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/NRU_orthographic.svg/500px-NRU_orthographic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data">None (<i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Yaren_District" title="Yaren District">Yaren</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nauru&params=0_31_39_S_166_56_06_E_type:country"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">0°31′39″S</span> <span class="longitude">166°56′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">0.52750°S 166.93500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-0.52750; 166.93500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Denigomodu" class="mw-redirect" title="Denigomodu">Denigomodu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nauruan_language" title="Nauruan language">Nauruan</a><sup id="cite_ref-directory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nauruans" title="Nauruans">Nauruan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nauru" title="Politics of Nauru">Government</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Unitary <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_republic_with_an_executive_presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary republic with an executive presidency">parliamentary republic with an executive presidency</a> under a <a href="/wiki/Non-partisan_democracy" title="Non-partisan democracy">non-partisan democracy</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nauru" title="President of Nauru">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Adeang" title="David Adeang">David Adeang</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Parliament_of_Nauru" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru">Speaker of the Parliament</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Stephen" title="Marcus Stephen">Marcus Stephen</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Nauru" title="Parliament of Nauru">Parliament</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Independence</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <i><a href="/wiki/Nauru_Independence_Act_1967" title="Nauru Independence Act 1967">Nauru Independence Act 1967</a></i> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">31 January 1968</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Nauru" title="Geography of Nauru">Area </a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21 km<sup>2</sup> (8.1 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">193rd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.57</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Nauru" title="Demographics of Nauru">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2024 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">11,919<sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2022_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">227th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2011 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">10,084<sup id="cite_ref-Nauru_Census_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nauru_Census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">480/km<sup>2</sup> (1,243.2/sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">25th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2021 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$132 million<sup id="cite_ref-imf_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">192nd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$9,995<sup id="cite_ref-imf_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">94th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2022 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$150 million<sup id="cite_ref-imf_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$10,125<sup id="cite_ref-imf_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2022)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.696<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:orange">medium</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">122nd</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Australian dollar</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">AUD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data">UTC+12<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Drives on</a></th><td class="infobox-data">left</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Nauru" title="Telephone numbers in Nauru">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%2B674" class="mw-redirect" title="+674">+674</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NR" title="ISO 3166-2:NR">NR</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.nr" title=".nr">.nr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nauru</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">nah-<span style="font-size:90%">OO</span>-roo</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">NOW</span>-roo</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_language" title="Nauruan language">Nauruan</a>: <i lang="na">Naoero</i>), officially the <b>Republic of Nauru</b> (<a href="/wiki/Nauruan_language" title="Nauruan language">Nauruan</a>: <i lang="na">Repubrikin Naoero</i>) and formerly known as <b>Pleasant Island</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island country</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microstate" title="Microstate">microstate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> region in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Central Pacific</a>. Its nearest neighbour is <a href="/wiki/Banaba" title="Banaba">Banaba</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> about 300 km (190 mi) to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-PIM31_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIM31-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It lies northwest of <a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a>, 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast of the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> east-northeast of <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, southeast of the <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a> and south of the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>. With an area of only 21 km<sup>2</sup> (8.1 sq mi), Nauru is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">third-smallest</a> country in the world, larger than only <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a>, making it the smallest <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a> and island nation, as well as the smallest member state of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> by area. Its population of <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Nauru" title="Demographics of Nauru">about 10,800</a> is the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">third-smallest</a> (not including colonies or overseas territories). Nauru is a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_African,_Caribbean_and_Pacific_States" title="Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States">Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States</a>. </p><p>Settled by <a href="/wiki/Micronesians" title="Micronesians">Micronesians</a> circa 1000 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>, Nauru was <a href="/wiki/Annexation" title="Annexation">annexed</a> and claimed as a colony by the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> in the late 19th century. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Nauru became a <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a> administered by <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Nauru was <a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Nauru" title="Japanese occupation of Nauru">occupied</a> by <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> troops, and was <a href="/wiki/Leapfrogging_(strategy)" title="Leapfrogging (strategy)">bypassed</a> by the Allied advance across the Pacific. After the war ended, the country entered into <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_trust_territories" title="United Nations trust territories">United Nations trusteeship</a>. Nauru gained its independence in 1968. At various points since 2001, it has accepted aid from the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Government" title="Australian Government">Australian Government</a> in exchange for hosting the <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Regional_Processing_Centre" title="Nauru Regional Processing Centre">Nauru Regional Processing Centre</a>, a controversial <a href="/wiki/Australian_immigration_detention_facilities" title="Australian immigration detention facilities">offshore Australian immigration detention facility</a>. As a result of heavy dependence on Australia, some sources have identified Nauru as a <a href="/wiki/Client_state" title="Client state">client state</a> of Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru is a <a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">phosphate-rock</a> island with rich deposits near the surface, which allowed easy <a href="/wiki/Surface_mining" title="Surface mining">strip mining</a> operations for over a century. However, this has seriously harmed the country's environment, causing the island nation to suffer from what is often referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Resource_curse" title="Resource curse">resource curse</a>". The <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> was exhausted in the 1990s, and the remaining reserves are not economically viable for extraction.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Trust_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Trust law">trust</a> established to manage the island's accumulated mining wealth, set up for the day the reserves would be exhausted, has diminished in value. To earn income, Nauru briefly became a <a href="/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a> and illegal <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> centre.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">History of Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauruan-warrior-1880ers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Nauruan-warrior-1880ers.jpg/170px-Nauruan-warrior-1880ers.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Nauruan-warrior-1880ers.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="312" /></a><figcaption>Photo of a Nauruan warrior during the <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_Civil_War" title="Nauruan Civil War">Nauruan Civil War</a> around 1880</figcaption></figure> <p>Nauru was first settled by Micronesians at least 3,000 years ago, and there is evidence of possible <a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesian</a> influence.<sup id="cite_ref-UNCCD_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNCCD-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comparatively little is known of Nauruan prehistory,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the island is believed to have had a long period of isolation, which accounts for the distinct language that developed among the inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were traditionally 12 clans or tribes on Nauru, which are represented in the twelve-pointed star on the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Nauru" title="Flag of Nauru">country's flag</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally, <a href="/wiki/Nauruans" title="Nauruans">Nauruans</a> traced their descent <a href="/wiki/Matrilineality" title="Matrilineality">matrilineally</a>. Inhabitants practised <a href="/wiki/Aquaculture" title="Aquaculture">aquaculture</a>: they caught juvenile <a href="/wiki/Milkfish" title="Milkfish">milkfish</a> (known as <i>Ibija</i> in <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_language" title="Nauruan language">Nauruan</a>), <a href="/wiki/Acclimatization" title="Acclimatization">acclimatised</a> them to freshwater, and raised them in <a href="/wiki/Buada_Lagoon" title="Buada Lagoon">Buada Lagoon</a>, providing a reliable food source. The other locally grown components of their diet included <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconuts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pandanus_tectorius" title="Pandanus tectorius">pandanus fruit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pollock_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pollock-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spennemann_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spennemann-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Nauru" may derive from the Nauruan word <i><span title="Nauruan-language text"><i lang="na">Anáoero</i></span></i>, which means 'I go to the beach.'<sup id="cite_ref-west_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-west-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1798, the <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> sea captain <a href="/wiki/John_Fearn_(whaler)" title="John Fearn (whaler)">John Fearn</a>, on his trading ship <i>Hunter</i> (300 tons), became the first Westerner to report sighting Nauru, calling it "Pleasant Island", because of its attractive appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-WM1985_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM1985-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_1935_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis_1935-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From at least 1826, Nauruans had regular contact with Europeans on whaling and trading ships who called for provisions and fresh drinking water.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last <a href="/wiki/Whaler" title="Whaler">whaler</a> to call during the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_sail" class="mw-redirect" title="Age of sail">age of sail</a> visited in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around this time, <a href="/wiki/Desertion" title="Desertion">deserters</a> from European ships began to live on the island. The islanders traded food for alcoholic <a href="/wiki/Palm_wine" title="Palm wine">palm wine</a> and firearms.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The firearms were used during the 10-year <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_Civil_War" title="Nauruan Civil War">Nauruan Civil War</a> that began in 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-German_Declarations_about_the_Western_Pacific_Ocean" title="Anglo-German Declarations about the Western Pacific Ocean">agreement with Great Britain</a>, Germany annexed Nauru in 1888 and incorporated it into the Marshall Islands Protectorate for administrative purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-firth_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firth-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">Germans</a> ended the civil war, and kings were established as rulers of the island. King <a href="/wiki/Aweida" title="Aweida">Auweyida</a> was the most widely known. Christian missionaries from the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Islands" title="Gilbert Islands">Gilbert Islands</a> arrived in 1888.<sup id="cite_ref-hill_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hill-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German settlers called the island "Nawodo" or "Onawero".<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Germans ruled Nauru for almost three decades. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rasch" title="Robert Rasch">Robert Rasch</a>, a German trader who married a 15-year-old Nauruan girl, was the first administrator, appointed in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-hill_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hill-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phosphate was discovered on Nauru in 1900 by the prospector <a href="/wiki/Albert_Fuller_Ellis" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Fuller Ellis">Albert Fuller Ellis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-firth_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firth-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_1935_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis_1935-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pacific Phosphate Company began to exploit the reserves in 1906 by agreement with Germany, exporting its first shipment in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-WM1985_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM1985-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1914, following the outbreak of World War I, Nauru was captured by Australian troops. In 1919, it was agreed by the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied and Associated Powers</a> that <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">His Britannic Majesty</a> should be the administering authority under a League of Nations mandate. The Nauru Island Agreement forged in 1919 between the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand provided for the administration of the island and extraction of the phosphate deposits by an intergovernmental <a href="/wiki/British_Phosphate_Commission" title="British Phosphate Commission">British Phosphate Commission</a> (BPC).<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gowdy_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gowdy-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The terms of the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> mandate were drawn up in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cmd._1202_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cmd._1202-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island experienced an <a href="/wiki/Influenza" title="Influenza">influenza</a> <a href="/wiki/Epidemic" title="Epidemic">epidemic</a> and ongoing colonial strife through the early 20th century, with a mortality rate of 18 per cent among native Nauruans.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923, the League of Nations gave Australia a trustee mandate over Nauru, with the United Kingdom and New Zealand as co-trustees.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 and 7 December 1940, the German auxiliary cruisers <i><a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Komet" title="German auxiliary cruiser Komet">Komet</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Orion" title="German auxiliary cruiser Orion">Orion</a></i> <a href="/wiki/German_attacks_on_Nauru" title="German attacks on Nauru">sank five supply ships</a> in the vicinity of Nauru. <i>Komet</i> then shelled Nauru's phosphate mining areas, oil storage depots, and the shiploading cantilever.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bogart_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bogart-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PIM41-2_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIM41-2-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg/220px-Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg/330px-Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg/440px-Nauru_Island_under_attack_by_Liberator_bombers_of_the_Seventh_Air_Force.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> bombing the Japanese airstrip on Nauru, 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-PacMag_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacMag-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Japanese troops occupied Nauru on 25 August 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-bogart_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bogart-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Japanese built 2 airfields which were bombed for the first time on 25 March 1943, preventing food supplies from being flown to Nauru.<sup id="cite_ref-PIM1946-6_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIM1946-6-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Japanese deported 1,200 Nauruans to work as labourers in the <a href="/wiki/Chuuk_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Chuuk Islands">Chuuk Islands</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-PacMag_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacMag-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was also occupied by Japan. As part of the Allied strategy of island hopping from the Pacific islands towards the main islands of Japan, Nauru was bypassed and left to "wither on the vine". Nauru was finally taken back from the Japanese on 13 September 1945, when commander Hisayaki Soeda surrendered the island to the Australian Army and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surrender was accepted by <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Rowlstone_Stevenson" title="John Rowlstone Stevenson">J. R. Stevenson</a>, who represented <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(Australia)" title="Lieutenant general (Australia)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Sturdee" title="Vernon Sturdee">Vernon Sturdee</a>, the commander of the First Australian Army, aboard the warship <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Diamantina_(K377)" title="HMAS Diamantina (K377)">HMAS <i>Diamantina</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PIM45-10_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIM45-10-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arrangements were made to repatriate from Chuuk the 745 Nauruans who survived Japanese captivity there.<sup id="cite_ref-PIM1950-6_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PIM1950-6-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were returned to Nauru by the BPC ship <i>Trienza</i> in January 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1947, a trusteeship was established by the United Nations, with Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom as trustees.<sup id="cite_ref-highet_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highet-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under those arrangements, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand were a joint administering authority. The Nauru Island Agreement provided for the first administrator to be appointed by Australia for five years, leaving subsequent appointments to be decided by the three governments.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cmd._1202_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cmd._1202-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in practice, administrative power was exercised by Australia alone.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Roberts-Wray_1966._P._884-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cmd._1202_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cmd._1202-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1948_Nauru_riots" title="1948 Nauru riots">1948 Nauru riots</a> occurred when <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> mining workers went on strike over pay and conditions. The Australian administration imposed a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> with <a href="/wiki/Native_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Police">Native Police</a> and armed volunteers of locals and Australian officials being mobilised. This force, using sub-machine guns and other firearms, opened fire on the Chinese workers killing two and wounding sixteen. Around 50 of the workers were arrested and two of these were bayoneted to death while in custody. The trooper who bayoneted the prisoners was charged but later acquitted on grounds that the wounds were "accidentally received."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governments of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Government of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_China" title="Government of China">China</a> made official complaints against Australia at the United Nations over this incident.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru_satellite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Nauru_satellite.jpg/220px-Nauru_satellite.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Nauru_satellite.jpg/330px-Nauru_satellite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Nauru_satellite.jpg/440px-Nauru_satellite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="1125" /></a><figcaption>A satellite image of Nauru, 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1964, it was proposed to relocate the population of Nauru to <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Island_(Queensland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtis Island (Queensland)">Curtis Island</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia. By that time, Nauru had been extensively mined for phosphate by companies from Australia, Britain, and New Zealand, damaging the landscape so much that it was thought the island would be uninhabitable by the 1990s. Rehabilitating the island was seen as financially impossible. In 1962, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Australian Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a> said that the three countries involved in the mining had an obligation to provide a solution for the Nauruan people, and proposed finding a new island for them. In 1963, the Australian Government proposed to acquire all the land on Curtis Island (which was considerably larger than Nauru) and then offer the Nauruans freehold title over the island and that the Nauruans would become <a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australian citizens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cost of resettling the Nauruans on Curtis Island was estimated to be <a href="/wiki/Australian_pound" title="Australian pound">£</a>10 million (<a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">A$</a>649 million in 2022<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-AU_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-AU-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), which included housing and infrastructure and the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> industries.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Nauruan people did not wish to become Australian citizens and wanted to be given sovereignty over Curtis Island to establish themselves as an independent nation, which Australia would not agree to.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nauru rejected the proposal to move to Curtis Island, instead choosing to become an independent nation operating their mines in Nauru.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru became self-governing in January 1966, and following a two-year constitutional convention, it became independent on 31 January 1968 under founding president <a href="/wiki/Hammer_DeRoburt" title="Hammer DeRoburt">Hammer DeRoburt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-davidson_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davidson-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967, the people of Nauru purchased the assets of the British Phosphate Commissioners, and in June 1970, control passed to the locally owned <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Nauru_Phosphate_Corporation" title="Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation">Nauru Phosphate Corporation</a> (NPC).<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Income from the mines made Nauruans among the richest people in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KN-20180916_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KN-20180916-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1989, Nauru took legal action against Australia in the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> over Australia's administration of the island, in particular, Australia's failure to remedy the environmental damage caused by phosphate mining. <i>Certain Phosphate Lands: Nauru v. Australia</i> led to an out-of-court settlement to rehabilitate the mined-out areas of Nauru.<sup id="cite_ref-highet_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highet-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, a <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nauru" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru">state of emergency was declared in Nauru on 17 March 2020</a>. The declaration to minimize the outbreak was signed by <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nauru" title="President of Nauru">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Aingimea" title="Lionel Aingimea">Lionel Aingimea</a> during a period of 30 days.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Nauru" title="Geography of Nauru">Geography of Nauru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Nauru" title="Geology of Nauru">Geology of Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru-map.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Nauru-map.gif/220px-Nauru-map.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Nauru-map.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="349" /></a><figcaption>Map of Nauru</figcaption></figure> <p>Nauru is a 21 km<sup>2</sup> (8.1 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> oval-shaped island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 55.95 km (34.77 mi) south of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is surrounded by a <a href="/wiki/Fringing_coral_reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Fringing coral reef">fringing coral reef</a>, which is exposed at low tide and dotted with <a href="/wiki/Pinnacle" title="Pinnacle">pinnacles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presence of the <a href="/wiki/Reef" title="Reef">reef</a> has prevented the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">seaport</a>, although <a href="/wiki/Canals_in_Nauru" title="Canals in Nauru">channels</a> in the reef allow small boats access to the island.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A fertile coastal strip 150 to 300 m (490 to 980 ft) wide lies inland from the beach.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg/220px-Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg/330px-Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg/440px-Coral_reef_on_Nauru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Coastal beach area of Nauru, with its distinctive natural coral pillars</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NauruBuada077.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/NauruBuada077.jpg/220px-NauruBuada077.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/NauruBuada077.jpg/330px-NauruBuada077.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/NauruBuada077.jpg/440px-NauruBuada077.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Buada Lagoon</figcaption></figure> <p>Coral cliffs surround Nauru's central plateau. The highest point of the plateau, called the <a href="/wiki/Command_Ridge" title="Command Ridge">Command Ridge</a>, is 71 m (233 ft) above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The only fertile areas on Nauru are on the narrow coastal belt, where <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> palms flourish. The land around <a href="/wiki/Buada_Lagoon" title="Buada Lagoon">Buada Lagoon</a> supports <a href="/wiki/Banana" title="Banana">bananas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pineapple" title="Pineapple">pineapples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vegetable" title="Vegetable">vegetables</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandanus_tectorius" title="Pandanus tectorius">pandanus trees</a>, and indigenous <a href="/wiki/Hardwood" title="Hardwood">hardwoods</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Calophyllum_inophyllum" title="Calophyllum inophyllum">tamanu tree</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru was one of three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean, along with <a href="/wiki/Banaba" title="Banaba">Banaba (Ocean Island)</a>, in Kiribati, and <a href="/wiki/Makatea" title="Makatea">Makatea</a>, in <a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a>. The phosphate reserves on Nauru are now almost entirely depleted. Phosphate mining in the central plateau has left a barren terrain of jagged limestone pinnacles up to 15 m (49 ft) high. Mining has stripped and devastated about 80 per cent of Nauru's land area, leaving it uninhabitable<sup id="cite_ref-KN-20180916_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KN-20180916-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has also affected the surrounding <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zone</a>; 40% of marine life is estimated to have been killed by <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silt</a> and phosphate runoff.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UNCCC_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNCCC-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island has no rivers,<sup id="cite_ref-:12_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there is no inflow or outflow from the Buada Lagoon; it is an <a href="/wiki/Endorheic_basin" title="Endorheic basin">endorheic basin</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nauru's climate is hot and very humid year-round because of its proximity to the equator and the ocean. Nauru is hit by <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> rains between November and February. Annual rainfall is highly variable and is influenced by the <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93Southern_Oscillation" title="El Niño–Southern Oscillation">El Niño–Southern Oscillation</a>, with several significant recorded droughts.<sup id="cite_ref-UNCCD_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNCCD-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temperature on Nauru ranges between 30 and 35 °C (86 and 95 °F) during the day and is quite stable at around 25 °C (77 °F) at night.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Streams and rivers do not exist in Nauru. Water is gathered from roof catchment systems or brought to Nauru as ballast on ships returning for loads of phosphate.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecology">Ecology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Micronesia_tropical_moist_forests" title="Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests">Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Nauru" title="List of mammals of Nauru">List of mammals of Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg/440px-Aerial_view_of_Nauru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1173" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Nauru</figcaption></figure> <p>Fauna is sparse on the island because of a lack of vegetation and the consequences of phosphate mining. Many <a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Nauru" title="List of birds of Nauru">indigenous birds</a> have disappeared or become rare owing to the destruction of their habitat.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are about 60 recorded <a href="/wiki/Vascular_plant" title="Vascular plant">vascular plant</a> species native to the island, none of which are <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a>. Coconut farming, mining, and introduced species have seriously disturbed the native vegetation.<sup id="cite_ref-UNCCD_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNCCD-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are no native land <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>, but there are native <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_crab" title="Terrestrial crab">land crabs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a>, including the endemic <a href="/wiki/Nauru_reed_warbler" title="Nauru reed warbler">Nauru reed warbler</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Polynesian_rat" title="Polynesian rat">Polynesian rat</a>, cats, dogs, pigs, and chickens have been <a href="/wiki/History_of_navigation" title="History of navigation">introduced to Nauru from ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The diversity of the reef marine life makes fishing a popular activity for tourists on the island; also popular are <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">scuba diving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snorkeling" title="Snorkeling">snorkelling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nauru" title="Politics of Nauru">Politics of Nauru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Nauru" title="Elections in Nauru">Elections in Nauru</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Nauru" title="Law of Nauru">Law of Nauru</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nauru" title="List of political parties in Nauru">List of political parties in Nauru</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Nauru" title="Crime in Nauru">Crime in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru-parliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Nauru-parliament.jpg/220px-Nauru-parliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Nauru-parliament.jpg/330px-Nauru-parliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Nauru-parliament.jpg/440px-Nauru-parliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption>Parliament of Nauru</figcaption></figure> <p>The president of Nauru is <a href="/wiki/David_Adeang" title="David Adeang">David Adeang</a>, who heads a <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Nauru" title="Parliament of Nauru">19-member unicameral parliament</a>. The country is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Development_Bank" title="Asian Development Bank">Asian Development Bank</a>. Nauru also participates in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>. Recently, Nauru became a member country of the <a href="/wiki/International_Renewable_Energy_Agency" title="International Renewable Energy Agency">International Renewable Energy Agency</a> (IRENA). The Republic of Nauru became the 189th member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> in April 2016. </p><p>Nauru is a republic with a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary system</a> of government.<sup id="cite_ref-davidson_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davidson-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The president is both <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a> and is dependent on parliamentary confidence to remain president. All 19 parliament seats are elected every three years.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parliament elects the president from its members, and the president appoints a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Nauru" title="Cabinet of Nauru">cabinet</a> of five to six members.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of a <a href="/wiki/2021_Nauruan_constitutional_referendum" title="2021 Nauruan constitutional referendum">referendum in 2021</a>, naturalised citizens and their descendants are barred from becoming parliamentarians. </p><p>Nauru lacks any formal structure for political parties, and candidates typically stand for office as independents; fifteen of the 19 members of the current parliament are independents. Four parties that have been active in Nauruan politics are the Nauru Party, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Nauru" title="Democratic Party of Nauru">Democratic Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nauru_First" title="Nauru First">Nauru First</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Nauru)" title="Centre Party (Nauru)">Centre Party</a>. However, alliances within the government are often formed based on <a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">extended family ties rather than party affiliation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1992 to 1999, Nauru had a local government system known as the Nauru Island Council (NIC).<sup id="cite_ref-NIC_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIC-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a successor to the <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Local_Government_Council" title="Nauru Local Government Council">Nauru Local Government Council</a>, established in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This nine-member council was designed to provide municipal services. The NIC was dissolved in 1999 and all assets and liabilities became vested in the national government.<sup id="cite_ref-NIC_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIC-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Land_tenure" title="Land tenure">Land tenure</a> on Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups. Government and corporate entities do not own any land, and they must enter into a lease arrangement with landowners to use land. Non-Nauruans cannot own land on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-UNCCD_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNCCD-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru's <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nauru" title="Supreme Court of Nauru">Supreme Court</a>, headed by the Chief Justice, is paramount on <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nauru" title="Constitution of Nauru">constitutional issues</a>. Other cases can be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Court_of_Appeal" title="Nauru Court of Appeal">two-judge Appellate Court</a>. Parliament cannot overturn court decisions. Historically, Appellate Court rulings could be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court of Australia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though this happened only rarely and the Australian court's appellate jurisdiction ended entirely on 12 March 2018 after the Government of Nauru unilaterally ended the arrangement.<sup id="cite_ref-Gans_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gans-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lower courts consist of the District Court and the Family Court, both of which are headed by a Resident Magistrate, who also is the Registrar of the Supreme Court. There are two other quasi-courts: the Public Service Appeal Board and the Police Appeal Board, both of which are presided over by the Chief Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foreign relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Nauru" title="Foreign relations of Nauru">Foreign relations of Nauru</a></div> <p>Following independence in 1968, Nauru joined the Commonwealth of Nations as a Special Member; it became a full member in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country was admitted to the Asian Development Bank in 1991 and the United Nations in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nauru is a member of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Community" title="Pacific Community">Pacific Community</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Applied_Geoscience_Commission" title="South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission">South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2021, Nauru announced it would be formally withdrawing from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum" title="Pacific Islands Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</a> in a joint statement with Marshall Islands, Kiribati, and the Federated States of Micronesia after a dispute regarding <a href="/wiki/Henry_Puna" title="Henry Puna">Henry Puna</a>'s election as the Forum's secretary-general.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_%282%29.jpg/220px-Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_%282%29.jpg/330px-Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_%282%29.jpg/440px-Nauru_cadet_police_on_training_exercise_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1072" data-file-height="712" /></a><figcaption>Nauruan police cadets undergoing training. Nauru <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_without_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries without armed forces">has no armed forces</a>, though there is a small police force under civilian control.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nauru has <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_without_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries without armed forces">no armed forces</a>, though there is a small <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Police_Force" title="Nauru Police Force">police force</a> under civilian control.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia is responsible for Nauru's defence under an informal agreement between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The September 2005 <a href="/wiki/Memorandum_of_understanding" title="Memorandum of understanding">memorandum of understanding</a> between Australia and Nauru provides the latter with financial aid and technical assistance, including a Secretary of Finance to prepare the budget, and advisers on health and education. This aid is in return for Nauru's housing of asylum seekers while their applications for entry into Australia are processed.<sup id="cite_ref-DFAT_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFAT-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nauru uses the Australian dollar as its official currency.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru has used its position as a member of the United Nations to gain financial support from both <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> (officially the Republic of China or ROC) and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (officially the People's Republic of China or PRC) by changing its recognition from one to the other under the <a href="/wiki/One-China_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="One-China policy">One-China policy</a>. On 21 July 2002, <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Nauru_relations" title="China–Nauru relations">Nauru signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with the PRC</a>, accepting <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>130 million from the PRC for this action<sup id="cite_ref-harding_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harding-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (US$211 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). In response, the <a href="/wiki/Nauru%E2%80%93Taiwan_relations" title="Nauru–Taiwan relations">ROC severed diplomatic relations with Nauru</a> two days later. Nauru later re-established links with the ROC on 14 May 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and diplomatic ties with the PRC were officially severed on 31 May 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 Jan 2024, Nauru severed ties with the ROC and re-established diplomatic ties with the PRC.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo" title="International recognition of Kosovo">Nauru recognised Kosovo as an independent country</a>, and in 2009 Nauru became the fourth country, after <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, to recognise <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>, two breakaway autonomous republics of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. Russia was reported to be giving Nauru US$50 million in humanitarian aid as a result of this recognition<sup id="cite_ref-harding_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harding-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (US$69.5 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). On 15 July 2008, the Nauruan government announced a port refurbishment programme, financed with US$9 million of development aid received from Russia (US$12.5 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The Nauru government claimed this aid is not related to its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The US <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_Radiation_Measurement_Climate_Research_Facility" title="Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility">Atmospheric Radiation Measurement</a> program operates a climate-monitoring facility on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A significant portion of Nauru's income has been in the form of aid from Australia. In 2001, the <a href="/wiki/MV_Tampa" title="MV Tampa">MV <i>Tampa</i></a>, a <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a> ship that had rescued 438 refugees from a stranded boat, was seeking to dock in Australia. In what became known as <a href="/wiki/Tampa_affair" title="Tampa affair">the <i>Tampa</i> affair</a>, the ship was refused entry and boarded by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian troops</a>. The refugees were eventually taken to Nauru to be held in detention facilities which later became part of the <a href="/wiki/Howard_government" title="Howard government">Howard government</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Solution" title="Pacific Solution">Pacific Solution</a>. Nauru operated two detention centres known as State House and Topside for these refugees in exchange for Australian aid.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By November 2005, only two refugees remained on Nauru from those first sent there in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-TheAge_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheAge-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Australian government sent further groups of asylum-seekers to Nauru in late 2006 and early 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The refugee centre was closed in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but, following the Australian government's re-adoption of the Pacific Solution in August 2012, it has re-opened it.<sup id="cite_ref-SBS_World_News_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBS_World_News-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> has since described the conditions of the refugees of war living in Nauru as a "horror",<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with reports of children as young as eight attempting <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> and engaging in acts of self-harm.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the situation gained attention as a "mental health crisis", with an estimated thirty children suffering from traumatic withdrawal syndrome, also known as <a href="/wiki/Resignation_syndrome" title="Resignation syndrome">resignation syndrome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the middle of 2023, the camp was finally totally emptied for the first time since it opened, with 4183 people having being detained there since it opened in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024 a few dozen refugees were again being held there while their claims are being processed.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_Nauru" title="List of settlements in Nauru">List of settlements in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru-districts-fr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nauru-districts-fr.svg/290px-Nauru-districts-fr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nauru-districts-fr.svg/435px-Nauru-districts-fr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nauru-districts-fr.svg/580px-Nauru-districts-fr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="488" /></a><figcaption>Map of Nauru showing its districts</figcaption></figure> <p>Nauru is divided into fourteen administrative districts, which are grouped into <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Nauru" title="Constituencies of Nauru">eight electoral constituencies</a> and are further divided into villages.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most populous district is <a href="/wiki/Denigomodu_District" title="Denigomodu District">Denigomodu</a>, with 1,804 residents, of which 1,497 reside in a Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation settlement called "Location". The following table shows population by district according to the 2011 census.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr class="hintergrundfarbe6"> <th>No.</th> <th>District</th> <th>Former<br />name</th> <th>Area<br />(<a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">ha</a>)</th> <th>Population<br />(2011)</th> <th>No. of<br />villages</th> <th>Density<br />(persons/ha) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aiwo_District" title="Aiwo District">Aiwo</a></td> <td>Aiue</td> <td style="text-align:right;">110</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,220</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anabar_District" title="Anabar District">Anabar</a></td> <td>Anebwor</td> <td style="text-align:right;">150</td> <td style="text-align:right;">452</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anetan_District" title="Anetan District">Anetan</a></td> <td>Añetañ</td> <td style="text-align:right;">100</td> <td style="text-align:right;">587</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anibare_District" title="Anibare District">Anibare</a></td> <td>Anybody</td> <td style="text-align:right;">310</td> <td style="text-align:right;">226</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baiti_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Baiti District">Baitsi</a></td> <td>Beidi, Baiti</td> <td style="text-align:right;">120</td> <td style="text-align:right;">513</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boe_District" title="Boe District">Boe</a></td> <td>Boi</td> <td style="text-align:right;">50</td> <td style="text-align:right;">851</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buada_District" title="Buada District">Buada</a></td> <td>Arenibok</td> <td style="text-align:right;">260</td> <td style="text-align:right;">739</td> <td style="text-align:right;">14</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denigomodu_District" title="Denigomodu District">Denigomodu</a></td> <td>Denikomotu</td> <td style="text-align:right;">118</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,804</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ewa_District,_Nauru" title="Ewa District, Nauru">Ewa</a></td> <td>Eoa</td> <td style="text-align:right;">120</td> <td style="text-align:right;">446</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ijuw_District" title="Ijuw District">Ijuw</a></td> <td>Ijub</td> <td style="text-align:right;">110</td> <td style="text-align:right;">178</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meneng_District" title="Meneng District">Meneng</a></td> <td>Meneñ</td> <td style="text-align:right;">310</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,380</td> <td style="text-align:right;">18</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nibok_District" title="Nibok District">Nibok</a></td> <td>Ennibeck</td> <td style="text-align:right;">160</td> <td style="text-align:right;">484</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uaboe_District" title="Uaboe District">Uaboe</a></td> <td>Ueboi</td> <td style="text-align:right;">80</td> <td style="text-align:right;">318</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;">14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yaren_District" title="Yaren District">Yaren</a></td> <td>Moqua</td> <td style="text-align:right;">150</td> <td style="text-align:right;">747</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.0 </td></tr> <tr style="background: #CCC;" class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td><b>Nauru</b></td> <td>Naoero</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,120</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,084</td> <td style="text-align:right;">169</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.8 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Nauru" title="Economy of Nauru">Economy of Nauru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Nauru" title="Telecommunications in Nauru">Telecommunications in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg/220px-Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg/330px-Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg/440px-Phosphate_loading_station_Nauru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Phosphate loading infrastructure in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Before a resurgence in the 2010s, the Nauruan economy was strongest in the 1970s, with <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> peaking in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This trend came from phosphate mining, which accounted for a majority of its economic output. Mining declined starting in the early 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-CER-NAU-2007_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CER-NAU-2007-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">: 5 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are few other resources, and most necessities are imported.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Small-scale mining is still conducted by RONPhos, formerly known as the Nauru Phosphate Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government places a percentage of RONPhos's earnings into the <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Phosphate_Royalties_Trust" title="Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust">Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust</a>. The trust manages long-term investments, which were intended to support the citizens after the phosphate reserves were exhausted.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of mismanagement, the trust's fixed and <a href="/wiki/Current_asset" title="Current asset">current assets</a> were reduced considerably and may never fully recover. The failed investments included financing <i><a href="/wiki/Leonardo_the_Musical:_A_Portrait_of_Love" title="Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love">Leonardo the Musical</a></i> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-mellow_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellow-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mercure Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, Australia<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nauru_House" title="Nauru House">Nauru House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia were sold in 2004 to finance debts and <a href="/wiki/Air_Nauru" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Nauru">Air Nauru</a>'s only <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737</a> was repossessed in December 2005. Normal air service resumed after the aircraft was replaced with a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737-300">Boeing 737-300</a> airliner in June 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the corporation sold its remaining real estate in Melbourne, the vacant Savoy Tavern site, for A$7.5 million<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (US$11.2 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_102-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>The value of the trust is estimated to have shrunk from A$1.3 billion in 1991 to A$138 million in 2002 (A$2.79 billion to A$229 million in 2022 dollars<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-AU_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-AU-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-ADB_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADB-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nauru currently lacks money to perform many of the basic functions of government; for example, the National Bank of Nauru is insolvent. The <a href="/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook">CIA World Factbook</a> estimated a <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">GDP per capita</a> of US$5,000 in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asian Development Bank 2007 economic report on Nauru estimated GDP per capita at US$2,400 to US$2,715.<sup id="cite_ref-CER-NAU-2007_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CER-NAU-2007-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are no personal taxes in Nauru. The unemployment rate is estimated to be 23% and the government employs 95% of those who have jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Economist_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asian Development Bank notes that, although the administration has a strong public mandate to implement economic reforms, in the absence of an alternative to phosphate mining, the medium-term outlook is for continued dependence on external assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-ADB_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADB-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Nauru" title="Tourism in Nauru">Tourism</a> is not a major contributor to the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-pitic_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pitic-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru,_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_(10729889683).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg/220px-The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg/330px-The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg/440px-The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a> pinnacles remain after phosphate mining at the site of one of Nauru's secondary mines</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1990s, Nauru became a tax haven and offered <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_passport" title="Nauruan passport">passports</a> to foreign nationals for a fee.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inter-governmental <a href="/wiki/Financial_Action_Task_Force_on_Money_Laundering" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering">Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering</a> (FATF) identified Nauru as one of 15 "<a href="/wiki/FATF_Blacklist" class="mw-redirect" title="FATF Blacklist">non-cooperative</a>" countries in its fight against money laundering. During the 1990s, it was possible to establish a licensed bank in Nauru for only US$25,000<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (US$42,040 in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_102-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) with no other requirements. Under pressure from FATF, Nauru introduced anti-avoidance legislation in 2003, after which foreign <a href="/wiki/Hot_money" title="Hot money">hot money</a> left the country. In October 2005, after satisfactory results from the legislation and its enforcement, FATF lifted the non-cooperative designation.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2001 to 2007, the Nauru detention centre provided a significant source of income for the country. The Nauruan authorities reacted with concern to its closure by Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_foreign_affairs" title="Ministry of foreign affairs">Foreign Affairs minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kieren_Keke" title="Kieren Keke">Kieren Keke</a>, stated that the closure would result in 100 Nauruans losing their jobs, and would affect 10% of the island's population directly or indirectly: "We have got a huge number of families that are suddenly going to be without any income. We are looking at ways we can try and provide some welfare assistance but our capacity to do that is very limited. Literally we have got a major unemployment crisis in front of us."<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The detention centre was re-opened in August 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-SBS_World_News_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBS_World_News-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2017, the <a href="/wiki/OECD" title="OECD">Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)</a> <a href="/wiki/Global_Forum_on_Transparency_and_Exchange_of_Information_for_Tax_Purposes" title="Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes">upgraded its rating</a> of Nauru's standards of tax transparency. Previously Nauru had been listed alongside fourteen other countries that had failed to show that they could comply with international tax transparency standards and regulations. The OECD subsequently put Nauru through a fast-tracked compliance process and the country was given a "largely compliant" rating.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nauru 2017–2018 budget, delivered by <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_of_Nauru" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Finance of Nauru">Minister of Finance</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Adeang" title="David Adeang">David Adeang</a>, forecast A$128.7 million in revenues and A$128.6 million in expenditures and projected modest economic growth for the nation over the next two years.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the Nauru government partnered with the <a href="/wiki/Deep_sea_mining" title="Deep sea mining">deep sea mining</a> company DeepGreen, now Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian <a href="/wiki/The_Metals_Company" title="The Metals Company">The Metals Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They planned to harvest <a href="/wiki/Manganese_nodule" title="Manganese nodule">manganese nodules</a> whose minerals and metals can be used in the development of <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_energy" title="Sustainable energy">sustainable energy</a> technology.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Nauru" title="Demographics of Nauru">Demographics of Nauru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Nauru" title="Religion in Nauru">Religion in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Population_of_Nauru.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Population_of_Nauru.svg/220px-Population_of_Nauru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Population_of_Nauru.svg/330px-Population_of_Nauru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Population_of_Nauru.svg/440px-Population_of_Nauru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>The population of Nauru, 1886–2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Nauru had 12,511 residents as of July 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2022_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population was previously larger, but in 2006 the island saw 1,500 people leave during a repatriation of immigrant workers from Kiribati and Tuvalu. The repatriation was motivated by significant <a href="/wiki/Layoff" title="Layoff">layoffs</a> in phosphate mining.<sup id="cite_ref-CER-NAU-2007_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CER-NAU-2007-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru is one of the most densely populated <a href="/wiki/Westernization" title="Westernization">Westernized</a> countries in the South Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The official languages of Nauru are <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_language" title="Nauruan language">Nauruan</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. Nauruan<sup id="cite_ref-directory_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a distinct <a href="/wiki/Micronesian_languages" title="Micronesian languages">Micronesian language</a>, which is spoken by 96% of ethnic Nauruans at home.<sup id="cite_ref-CER-NAU-2007_121-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CER-NAU-2007-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> English is widely spoken and is the language of government and commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-state_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru(09).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nauru%2809%29.jpg/220px-Nauru%2809%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nauru%2809%29.jpg/330px-Nauru%2809%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nauru%2809%29.jpg/440px-Nauru%2809%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Church in Nauru</figcaption></figure> <p>The main <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Nauru" title="Religion in Nauru">religion practised on the island</a> is <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>: the main denominations are <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Congregational_Church" title="Nauru Congregational Church">Nauru Congregational Church</a> (35.71%), <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> (32.96%), <a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God" title="Assemblies of God">Assemblies of God</a> (12.98%), and <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> (1.48%).<sup id="cite_ref-state_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Constitution provides for <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">freedom of religion</a>. However, the government has restricted the religious practices of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, most of whom are foreign workers employed by the government-owned Nauru Phosphate Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Catholics are pastorally served by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Tarawa_and_Nauru" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru">Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru</a>, with see at <a href="/wiki/Tarawa" title="Tarawa">Tarawa</a> in Kiribati. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_services">Public services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Public services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Nauru" title="Education in Nauru">Education in Nauru</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">Literacy</a> on Nauru is 96%. Education is compulsory for children from six to sixteen years old, and two more non-compulsory years are offered (years 11 and 12).<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island has three primary schools and two secondary schools. The secondary schools are <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Secondary_School" title="Nauru Secondary School">Nauru Secondary School</a> and Nauru College.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_South_Pacific" title="University of the South Pacific">University of the South Pacific</a> on Nauru. Before this campus was built in 1987, students would study either by distance or abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2011, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(Australia)" title="University of New England (Australia)">University of New England</a>, Australia has established a presence on the island with around 30 Nauruan teachers studying for an associate degree in education. These students will continue on to the degree to complete their studies.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This project is led by Associate Professor Pep Serow and funded by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Trade" title="Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade">Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade</a>. </p><p>The previous community public library was destroyed in a fire. As of 1999<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, a new one had not yet been built, and no <a href="/wiki/Bookmobile" title="Bookmobile">bookmobile</a> services were available as of that year. Sites with libraries include the University of the South Pacific campus, Nauru Secondary, Kayser College, and Aiwo Primary.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nauru Community Library is in the new University of the South Pacific Nauru Campus building, which was officially opened in May 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Health_in_Nauru" title="Health in Nauru">Health in Nauru</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_Nauru" title="Obesity in Nauru">Obesity in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg/220px-Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg/330px-Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg/440px-Participants_of_a_walk_against_Diabetes_and_for_general_fitness_around_Nauru_airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Nauruan residents walking around <a href="/wiki/Nauru_International_Airport" title="Nauru International Airport">Nauru International Airport</a>. Nauruans are amongst the most obese people in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-TI.uk_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TI.uk-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>Nauru has one of the highest child mortality rates in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) region at 2.9% in 2020, according to a <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> study.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Life expectancy in Nauru in 2009 was 60.6 years for males and 68.0 years for females.<sup id="cite_ref-Nauru_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nauru-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By measure of <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by body mass index">mean body mass index (BMI)</a>, Nauruans are the most overweight people in the world;<sup id="cite_ref-TI.uk_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TI.uk-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 97% of men and 93% of women are overweight or <a href="/wiki/Obesity" title="Obesity">obese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TI.uk_149-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TI.uk-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the obesity rate was 71.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-Asahi_Shimbun_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asahi_Shimbun-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_the_Pacific" title="Obesity in the Pacific">Obesity on the Pacific islands</a> is common. </p><p>Nauru has the world's highest level of <a href="/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Diabetes mellitus type 2">type 2 diabetes</a>, with more than 40% of the population affected.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other significant dietary-related problems on Nauru include <a href="/wiki/Kidney_failure" title="Kidney failure">kidney disease</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" title="Cardiovascular disease">heart disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nauru_151-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nauru-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru has the world's highest tobacco smoking rate (48.3% in 2022).<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Nauru" title="Transport in Nauru">Transport in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg/220px-View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg/330px-View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg/440px-View_of_Nauru_airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>View of Nauru International Airport</figcaption></figure> <p>The island is solely served by <a href="/wiki/Nauru_International_Airport" title="Nauru International Airport">Nauru International Airport</a>. Passenger service is provided by <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Airlines" title="Nauru Airlines">Nauru Airlines</a>. Flights operate four days a week to <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Airport" title="Brisbane Airport">Brisbane</a>, Australia,<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with limited service to other destinations including <a href="/wiki/Nadi_International_Airport" title="Nadi International Airport">Nadi</a><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Fiji) and <a href="/wiki/Bonriki_International_Airport" title="Bonriki International Airport">Bonriki</a> (Kiribati).<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island has about 30 km (18 miles) of road, and it has about 4 km of railway that was built for mining use a century ago.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nauru is accessible by sea via the <a href="/wiki/Nauru_International_Port" title="Nauru International Port">Nauru International Port</a>. The modernization and expansion project of the former Aiwo Boat Harbor was expected to be completed in 2021 but has been delayed due to technical and logistics issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-Nauru_Port_Workers_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nauru_Port_Workers-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Throwing_a_Lifeline_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Throwing_a_Lifeline-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effects_of_mining">Effects of mining</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Effects of mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru" title="Effects of mining in Nauru">Effects of mining in Nauru</a></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg/220px-Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg/330px-Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg/440px-Nauru_1919_slnsw.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2047" data-file-height="1462" /></a><figcaption>Phosphate mining, Nauru, 1919</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru" title="Effects of mining in Nauru">The effects of phosphate mining in Nauru</a> have had significant negative impacts on the island's environment and economy.<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Gowdy_McDaniel_1999_pp._333–338_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Gowdy_McDaniel_1999_pp._333–338-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the most prominent effects of the <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> mining in Nauru is the extensive environmental degradation that has occurred as a result of the extraction of phosphates.<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Hasham_2015_h034_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Hasham_2015_h034-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large areas of the island have been stripped of vegetation and topsoil, leaving behind barren landscapes that are prone to erosion and degradation.<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_The_MIT_Press_Reader_2019_r842_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_The_MIT_Press_Reader_2019_r842-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mining activities have also caused significant disruption to the island's ecosystem, leading to a decline in biodiversity and the extinction of several plant and animal species.<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Manner_Thaman_Hassall_1984_pp._1454–1465_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Manner_Thaman_Hassall_1984_pp._1454–1465-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> The mining in Nauru has also had profound social and health consequences for the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Pollock_1996_pp._123–134_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Pollock_1996_pp._123–134-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reliance on phosphate mining as the main source of income has made Nauru extremely vulnerable to fluctuations in global commodity prices, leading to economic instability and uncertainty.<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Pollon_2023_b230_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_Pollon_2023_b230-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The depletion of the phosphate deposits has also left the country with limited options for sustainable economic development, as the once fertile land is now unusable for agriculture or other purposes. This has resulted in high levels of unemployment and poverty among the population,<sup id="cite_ref-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_International_Labour_Organization_2015_q841_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Effects_of_mining_in_Nauru_International_Labour_Organization_2015_q841-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> further exacerbating social issues such as <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Nauru" title="Crime in Nauru">crime</a> and substance abuse.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Food,_farming,_and_diet"><span id="Food.2C_farming.2C_and_diet"></span>Food, farming, and diet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Food, farming, and diet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plants_and_farming">Plants and farming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Plants and farming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, Indigenous Nauruans kept household gardens that provided much of the food that they needed through <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture" title="Subsistence agriculture">subsistence farming</a>, with the most common food plants including coconuts, <a href="/wiki/Breadfruit" title="Breadfruit">breadfruit</a>, bananas, <a href="/wiki/Pandanus" title="Pandanus">pandanus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papaya" title="Papaya">papaya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Guava" title="Guava">guavas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the large immigrant population that would work in the phosphate mines, there were many types of fruits and vegetables grown that were staples in those countries as well.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_167-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The soil in Nauru was very rich on what citizens call the "Topside", which is the raised phosphate plateau where the phosphate is mined from, and it was extremely fertile and great for growing crops.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_167-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the area where most Nauruans live now, on the coastal ring on the island that hasn't been mined, the soil quality is among the poorest in the world, as it is shallow, alkaline, and has the coarse texture of the coral that surrounds it.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_167-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, just 13% of households maintained a garden or were involved in growing crops.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the soil that was on Nauru is now gone because of phosphate-mining activities, leaving people to import the soil that they need.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_168-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_167-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethnobotanical studies have indicated that the reduction in the types of plants that can be grown due to phosphate mining has significantly impacted the connection that Indigenous Nauruans feel to the land, as plants are a large part of their cultural identity and have many uses in their lives, with each plant having an average of seven uses within Pacific Island cultures.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_167-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food">Food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg/220px-Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg/330px-Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg/440px-Fishing_on_Nauru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1180" data-file-height="811" /></a><figcaption>Fishing in Buada Lagoon, Nauru in 1938</figcaption></figure> <p>For Nauru residents today, all food must also be imported because of the loss of 90% of arable land due to phosphate mining, leaving people with a diet of mainly processed foods, such as rice and sugar.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though residents are trying to salvage the soil that they can, some researchers speculate that there will be no regeneration of soils even after the mining ceases.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_168-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country's dependence on processed and imported foods along with "cultural, historical, and social factors" have greatly affected the health of its citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite having all food imported, the Household and Income Expenditure Survey (HIES) conducted for the year of 2012–2013 found that Nauruans have a food poverty incidence rate of 0, based on the Food Poverty Line (FPL) which "includes a daily intake of 2,100 calories per adult per day."<sup id="cite_ref-:10_172-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-food_basic_needs">Non-food basic needs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Non-food basic needs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the HIES found that Nauru is doing well in terms of food poverty, 24% of the population and 16.8% of households are below the basic needs (clothing, shelter, education, transport, communication, water, sanitation and health services) poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_172-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the worst poverty index of all Pacific nations.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_172-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, half of Nauruans were living on US$9,000 a year (approx. A$11,700 a year). Water resources are extremely limited, with the island supplying enough for 32 liters of freshwater per person per day despite the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">WHO</a>'s recommendation of 50 liters per person per day.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the groundwater has been contaminated by mining runoff, toilets, and dumping of other commercial and household wastes, causing Nauruans to rely on imported water, the price of which can vary as it is closely tied to fuel prices for its delivery, and rainfall storage.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_173-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access to sanitation facilities is restricted with just 66% of residents having access to reliable toilets, and open defecation is still practiced by 3% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_150-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schools are frequently forced to close because they do not have reliable toilets or drinking water for students to use.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_150-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a long-standing truancy problem, and accessibility of education for refugee and asylum-seeking children, as well as for disabled children, remain areas of concern for Nauru's education sector.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_150-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Nauru" title="Culture of Nauru">Culture of Nauru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Nauru" title="Music of Nauru">Music of Nauru</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nauruan_cuisine" title="Nauruan cuisine">Nauruan cuisine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg/220px-Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg/330px-Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg/440px-Living_on_a_Blue_Planet_-_Nauru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2810" data-file-height="1413" /></a><figcaption>Anibare Bay</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Angam_Day" title="Angam Day">Angam Day</a>, held on 26 October, celebrates the recovery of the Nauruan population after the two world wars and the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_flu" title="Spanish flu">1920 influenza epidemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colonial and contemporary Western influence has largely displaced the indigenous culture.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few older customs have been preserved, but some forms of traditional music, arts and crafts, and fishing are still practised.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nauruan folk songs existed as of 1970,<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <i>Oh Bwio Eben Bwio</i> is a noticeable folk song.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst the traditional culture rapidly gives way to the contemporary, as elsewhere in Micronesia, music and dance still rank among the most popular art forms. Rhythmic singing and traditional <i>reigen</i><sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are performed particularly at celebrations. At least, a historical form of a Nauruan dance called <i>fish dance</i> in English was recorded in a form of photographs.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Known contemporary dances are the frigate bird dance and the dogoropa.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of Nauru is "<a href="/wiki/Nauru_Bwiema" title="Nauru Bwiema">Nauru Bwiema</a>" ("Song of Nauru").<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hendrie" title="Margaret Hendrie">Margaret Hendrie</a> wrote the words; <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Henry_Hicks" title="Laurence Henry Hicks">Laurence Henry Hicks</a> composed the music. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Nauru" title="Mass media in Nauru">Mass media in Nauru</a></div> <p>There are no daily news publications on Nauru, although there is one fortnightly publication, <i>Mwinen Ko</i>. There is a state-owned television station, <a href="/wiki/Nauru_Television" title="Nauru Television">Nauru Television</a> (NTV), which broadcasts programs from New Zealand and Australia, and a state-owned non-commercial radio station, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Nauru" title="Radio Nauru">Radio Nauru</a>, which carries programs from <a href="/wiki/Radio_Australia" title="Radio Australia">Radio Australia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_Nauru" title="Soccer in Nauru">Soccer in Nauru</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg/220px-Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg/330px-Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a>, played at <a href="/wiki/Linkbelt_Oval" title="Linkbelt Oval">Linkbelt Oval</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> is the most popular sport in Nauru; it and <a href="/wiki/Weightlifting" title="Weightlifting">weightlifting</a> are considered the country's national sports. There is an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Nauru" title="Australian rules football in Nauru">Australian rules football league</a> with eight teams.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nauruan national team for Australian rules football are the <a href="/wiki/Nauru_national_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Nauru national Australian rules football team">Chiefs</a>. Other sports popular in Nauru include <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netball" title="Netball">netball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recreational_fishing" title="Recreational fishing">fishing</a>, weightlifting and <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>. Nauru participates in the Commonwealth Games and <a href="/wiki/Nauru_at_the_Olympics" title="Nauru at the Olympics">has participated in the Summer Olympic Games</a> in weightlifting and <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">judo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 March 2024, former Premier League striker <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kitson" title="Dave Kitson">Dave Kitson</a> was announced as Nauru's first ever national soccer team manager. The Nauru Soccer Federation also unveiled plans to organize a new regional sub-confederation, the Micronesia Football Federation, with other associations in <a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a>. The group had begun planning to hold a tournament in summer 2025. <a href="/wiki/Kiribati_national_football_team" title="Kiribati national football team">Kiribati</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia_national_football_team" title="Federated States of Micronesia national football team">Federated States of Micronesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palau_national_football_team" title="Palau national football team">Palau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuvalu_national_football_team" title="Tuvalu national football team">Tuvalu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands_national_soccer_team" title="Marshall Islands national soccer team">Marshall Islands</a> planned to participate, in addition to Nauru.<sup id="cite_ref-Dave_Kitson:_Former_Reading_forward_set_to_manage_Nauru_in_first_international_match_189-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dave_Kitson:_Former_Reading_forward_set_to_manage_Nauru_in_first_international_match-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dave_Kitson_to_coach_Nauru_football_team_-_a_team_that_doesn’t_exist_yet_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dave_Kitson_to_coach_Nauru_football_team_-_a_team_that_doesn’t_exist_yet-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nauru_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Nauru national basketball team">Nauru's national basketball team</a> competed at the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1969_South_Pacific_Games" title="Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games">1969 Pacific Games</a>, where it defeated <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon Islands national basketball team">Solomon Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiji national basketball team">Fiji</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Nauru_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Nauru national rugby sevens team">Nauru national rugby sevens team</a> made its international debut at the <a href="/wiki/2015_Pacific_Games" title="2015 Pacific Games">2015 Pacific Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nauru competed in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Oceania_Sevens_Championship" title="2015 Oceania Sevens Championship">2015 Oceania Sevens Championship</a> in New Zealand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nauru does not have an official capital but Yaren is the seat of parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-directory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English is widely spoken by the majority of the population and it is commonly used in government, legislation and commerce alongside Nauruan. Because of Nauru's history and relationship with Australia, <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">Australian English</a> is the dominant variety.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-state_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-180"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-180">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Indirectly influenced by German colonialism, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reigen">reigen</a> in this cultural context is a German word that implies styles of circular-moving dances in Nauru's historical past, implying that historical Nauruan traditional dances tend to be informal.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFranksBernier2018" class="citation book cs1">Franks, Patricia C.; Bernier, Anthony, eds. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2024</span>. <q>The Nauruan dances which I have seen are not notable for their wealth of distinct figures. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2024</span>. <q>At the Pacific Festival of Arts in 1985 and 1988, sixth-graders at the Nauru Primary School presented the frigate bird (<i>iti</i>), a Nauruan dance. The students practiced daily for two months. The boys clapped and sang while the girls danced, por-traying te birds' flight and perching.... In 1994, at the Children's Convention in Fukuoka, Japan, ten eleven-year-old boys and girls from Nauru performed the <i>dogoropa</i>, a dance with sticks, which men and women from Nauru had performed at the Festival of Arts in 1980.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Garland+Encyclopedia+of+World+Music%3A+Australia+and+the+Pacific+Islands+Vol.9&rft.place=Milton+Park&rft.pages=450&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1351544320&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHB03DwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT450&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-184"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-184">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2012expo.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/d-5-lets-meet-the-world-nauru/">"Let's Meet the World: Nauru"</a>. Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea. 7 August 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230327141618/https://2012expo.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/d-5-lets-meet-the-world-nauru/">Archived</a> from the original on 27 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 May</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News+Online&rft.atitle=Country+Profile%3A+Nauru&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fworld%2Fasia-pacific%2Fcountry_profiles%2F1134221.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-187"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-187">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081231192459/http://www.afl.com.au/development/international/internationalleagues/nauru/tabid/10343/default.aspx">"Nauru Australian Football Association"</a>. Australian Football League. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afl.com.au/development/international/internationalleagues/nauru/tabid/10343/default.aspx">the original</a> on 31 December 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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BBC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240329131428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68658309">Archived</a> from the original on 29 March 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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NZ Herald. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240416190332/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/dave-kitson-to-coach-nauru-football-team-a-team-that-doesnt-exist-yet/NQ2ERJBZ6ZHZHO432MTBTCJYW4/">Archived</a> from the original on 16 April 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dave+Kitson+to+coach+Nauru+football+team+%E2%80%93+a+team+that+doesn%E2%80%99t+exist+yet&rft.pub=NZ+Herald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzherald.co.nz%2Fsport%2Fdave-kitson-to-coach-nauru-football-team-a-team-that-doesnt-exist-yet%2FNQ2ERJBZ6ZHZHO432MTBTCJYW4%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-191"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-191">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/278288/sport-nauru-7s-team-to-make-international-debut">"Sport: Nauru 7s team to make international debut"</a>. <i>Radio New Zealand</i>. 8 July 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180430215036/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/278288/sport-nauru-7s-team-to-make-international-debut">Archived</a> from the original on 30 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Radio+New+Zealand&rft.atitle=Sport%3A+Nauru+7s+team+to+make+international+debut&rft.date=2015-07-08&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radionz.co.nz%2Finternational%2Fpacific-news%2F278288%2Fsport-nauru-7s-team-to-make-international-debut&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16447.htm"><i>U.S. Relations With Nauru</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=U.S.+Relations+With+Nauru&rft.pub=United+States+Department+of+State&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2F2009-2017.state.gov%2Fr%2Fpa%2Fei%2Fbgn%2F16447.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/copyright-and-contributors/">public domain material</a> from <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/"><i>The World Factbook</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+World+Factbook&rft.pub=CIA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauru&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Morris, J. (2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765841/asylum-and-extraction-in-the-republic-of-nauru/">Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru</a>. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.</li> <li>Storr, C. (2020). <a href="//doi.org/10.1017/9781108682602" class="extiw" title="doi:10.1017/9781108682602"><i>International Status in the Shadow of Empire: Nauru and the Histories of International Law</i>.</a> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGowdyMcDaniel2000" class="citation book cs1">Gowdy, John M.; McDaniel, Carl N. (2000). <i>Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature</i>. University of California Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-22229-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-22229-8"><bdi>978-0-520-22229-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Paradise+for+Sale%3A+A+Parable+of+Nature&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-520-22229-8&rft.aulast=Gowdy&rft.aufirst=John+M.&rft.au=McDaniel%2C+Carl+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliamsMacdonald1985" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Maslyn; Macdonald, Barrie (1985). <i>The Phosphateers</i>. Melbourne University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-522-84302-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-522-84302-6"><bdi>0-522-84302-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Phosphateers&rft.pub=Melbourne+University+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-522-84302-6&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Maslyn&rft.au=Macdonald%2C+Barrie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANauru" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStorr2020" class="citation book cs1">Storr, Cait (2020). <i>International Status in the Shadow of Empire: Nauru and the Histories of International Law</i>. 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