Nauru Located 4,023 kilometers (2,500 miles) southwest of Hawaii, the island of Nauru has an area of 21 square kilometers (8.11 square miles)—about six times the size of New York's Central Park. In 2004 the population was estimated to be...

Republic of Nauru Naoero CAPITAL: There is no formal capital. The seat of government is in the district of Yaren. FLAG: The flag has a blue background divided horizontally by a narrow gold band, symbolizing the equator. Below the band is a white...

Nauru POPULATION 12,329 CHRISTIAN 84 percent BUDDHIST 15 percent OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Nauru, a single, raised coral island located in the Pacific Ocean, is 26 miles south of the equator and 165 miles east of its...

Nauru (pronounced /næˈuːruː/), officially the Republic of Nauru, is an island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific. The nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati, 300 km due east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation,...

This island nation once operated the world's hardest-working 737 I'd overflown Nauru perhaps a dozen times. It's almost directly between Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, and the famous Henderson Field at Honiara, Solomon Islands. When I was regularly delivering airplanes to Australia...

NAURU is one of the world's most fascinating yet least known countries. This island in the central Pacific is one of the world's most isolated - its nearest neighbour (Banaba) is 300 kilometres away. With a land area of only 21 square kilometres,...