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THE MENEN HOTEL Australia & Oceania » Nauru » Yaren Yaren Nauru
Country: Nauru
City: Yaren
Address: PO Box 298, , Yaren, Republic of Nauru
Phone: +674 4443300
Prices Starting at: $60.00

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Introduction

Nauru's phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium; the island was occupied by Australian forces in World War I. Nauru achieved independence in 1968 and joined the UN in 1999. Nauru is the world's smallest independent republic.

Location

Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands

Geographic coordinates

0 32 S, 166 55 E

Area

total: 21 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 21 sq km

Area - comparative

about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries

0 km

Coastline

30 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM

Climate

tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)

Terrain

sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location along plateau rim 61 m

Natural resources

phosphates, fish

Land use

arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land

NA sq km

Natural hazards

periodic droughts

Environment - current issues

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

Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note

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

Population

12,809 (July 2004 est.)

Capital

no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Phone Code

+674

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