Nauru

Republic o Nauru Repubrikin Naoero(Nauruan)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto:"God's will first"
Anthem:Nauru Bwiema "Nauru, oor hameland"
Caipital	Yaren(de facto)
Lairgest ceety	Meneñ
Offeecial leids	Nauruan
Common leids	Inglis
Demonym(s)	Nauruan
Govrenment	Non-partisan democracy,pairlamentar republic
•Preses	Lionel Aingimea
•Speaker o the Pairlament	Marcus Stephen
Legislatur	Pairlament
Unthirldom
•fraeUN trusteeship,(frae theUnitit Kinrick,Australie,anNew Zealand)	31 Januar 1968
Aurie
• Total	21 km2(8.1 sq mi) (193rd)
• Water (%)	0.57
Population
• October 2011 census	10,084(234th)
• Density	480/km2(1,243.2/sq mi) (25t)
GDP(PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$160 million(192nt)
• Per capita	$12,052(94t)
GDP(nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$114 million
• Per capita	$8,570
Currency	Australie dollar(AUD)
Time zone	UTC+12
Drivin side	caur
Cawin code	+674
ISO 3166 code	NR
Internet TLD	.nr
^Nauru daes nae have an offeecial caipital, butYarenis the lairgest settlement an the seat o pairlament.

Nauru(pronounced/nɑːˈʊəruː/^{(deprecatit template)}nah-OO-roo), offeecially theRepublic o Nauruan umwhile kent asPleasant Island,is anisland naitioninMicronesiein theSooth Paceefic.Its nearest neebor isBanaba IslandinKiribati,300 km tae the east. Nauru is the warld's weest island naition, coverin juist 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi).

Settled bi fowk fraeMicronesieanPolynesiec. 1000 BC,Nauru wisannexedan claimed as a colony bi theGerman Empirein the late 19t century. EfterWarld War I,Nauru becam aLeague o Naitions mandateadmeenistered bi Australie, New Zealand an the Unitit Kinrick. InWarld War II,Nauru wis occupied biJapanesetruips, that war bipassed bi the Allied advance athort the Paceefic. Efter the war endit, the kintra entered intae UN trusteeship. Nauru gained its unthirldom in 1968.

Nauru is aphosphate-rockisland wi rich deposits near the surface, that alloued easystrip mininoperations. It haes some remeenin phosphate resoorces that, as o 2011,are nae economically viable for extraction.Whan the phosphate reserves war exhausted, an the island's environment haed been seriously hairmed bi minin, the trust that haed been established tae manage the island's walth dimeenished in vailyie. Tae earn income, Nauru briefly becam atax havenan illegalmoney launderincentre.Frae 2001 tae 2008, an again frae 2012, it acceptit aid frae theAustralie Govrenmentin exchynge for hostin theNauru Regional Processin Centre.As a result o hivy dependence on Australie, mony soorces hae identifee'd Nauru as aclient stateo Australie.