Nauru Island
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Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru 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. With 9,378 residents in a 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the smallest state in the South Pacific and second smallest state by population in the world, behind only the Vatican City.
Settled by Micronesian and Polynesian people, Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century. After World War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, who were bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific. After the war ended, the country entered into trusteeship again. Nauru gained its independence in 1968.
Nauru is a phosphate rock island with rich deposits near the surface, which allow easy strip mining operations. It has some phosphate resources which, as of 2011, are not economically viable for extraction
( some photos were taken from the net )
Nauru, oficialmente República de Nauru (em nauruano: Ripubrikit Naoero) e antes conhecido por Pleasant Island (em português: Ilha Aprazível),
é um país insular do hemisfério sul, localizado na Oceania, que compreende uma área de 21 quilômetros quadrados, o que faz dele o menor país insular do mundo e segundo menor estado em população no mundo, atrás apenas da Cidade do Vaticano.A ilha mais próxima ao país é a Ilha Banaba, no Kiribati, 300 quilômetros a leste.
Nauru é uma ilha rica em rocha fosfática, e sua atividade econômica primária desde 1907 foi a exportação de fosfato da ilha.
( algumas fotos foram retiradas da net )
Capital / Capital:
Yaren
Oficial Languages / Língua Oficial
Nauruan / English
Currency / Moeda
Australian dollar
English
English
Português