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Capital Nauru : |
no official capital; government offices in Yaren District .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Nauru :
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| Climate Nauru :
| tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February) .
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| Life expectancy Nauru :
| 62.33 years .
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| Fertility rate Nauru :
| 3.29 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Nauru :
| republic .
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| Population Nauru :
| 12,809 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Nauru :
| 21 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Nauru :
| 1,900 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Nauru :
| 1,500 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Nauru :
| 674.
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| Sex ratio total Nauru :
| 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Nauru ratio under 15 :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Nauru ratio 15 64 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Nauru ratio 65 :
| 1.13 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Nauru :
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| HIV Nauru :
| NA |
| Population below poverty line Nauru :
| NA |
| Literacy Nauru :
| NA |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Nauru :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Nauru :
| NA |
| Inflation Nauru :
| -3.6% (1993) |
| Unemployment Rate Nauru :
| 0% (2002 est.) |
| Internet Users Nauru :
| 300 (2002) |
| Location Nauru :
| Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands |
| Geographic Coordinates Nauru :
| 0 32 S, 166 55 E |
| Religion Nauru :
| Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic) |
| Administrative region Nauru :
| 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren |
| Terrain Nauru :
| sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center |
| Elevation extremes lowest Nauru :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Nauru :
| unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m |
| Natural resources Nauru :
| phosphates, fish |
| Land use arable land Nauru :
| 0% |
| Land use permanentcrops Nauru :
| 0% |
| Irrigated land Nauru :
| NA sq km |
| Natural hazards Nauru :
| periodic droughts |
| Environment current issues Nauru :
| limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources |
| Geography note Nauru :
| Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator |
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