Nauru Island

Republic of Nauru Repubrikin Naoero
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "God's will first"
Anthem: Nauru Bwiema "Nauru, our homeland"
Capital	Yaren (de facto)
Largest city	Denigomodu
Official languages	Nauruan (native) English (widely spoken)
Demonym	Nauruan
Government	Non-partisan democracy, parliamentary republic
• President	Baron Waqa
• Speaker of the Parliament	Cyril Buraman
Legislature	Parliament
Independence
• from UN trusteeship, (from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand)	31 January 1968
Area
• Total	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) (239th)
• Water (%)	0.57
Population
• October 2011 census	10,084 (234th)
• Density	480/km2 (1,243.2/sq mi) (25th)
GDP (PPP)	2006 estimate
• Total	$36.9 million (192nd)
• Per capita	$2,500 (2006 est.)  $5,000 (2005 est.)  (135th–141st)
Currency	Australian dollar (AUD)
Time zone	(UTC+12)
Drives on the	Left
Calling code	+674
ISO 3166 code	NR
Internet TLD	.nr
^ Nauru does not have an official capital, but Yaren is the largest settlement and the seat of parliament.

Coordinates: 0°32′S 166°56′E / 0.533°S 166.933°E / -0.533; 166.933 (Nauru)

Nauru (Nauruan: Naoero, /nɑːˈuːruː/ nah-OO-roo or /ˈnaʊruː/ NOWR-oo), officially the Republic of Nauru (Nauruan: Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 kilometres (186 mi) to the east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, north of the Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands. With 10,084 residents in a 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the smallest state in the South Pacific and third smallest state by area in the world, behind only Vatican City and Monaco.