General Information

Surface area: 67 sq.km

Climate: 26° degrees

District: Fourteen (14)

Capital: Yaren

Vegetation: Tropical

Island Discovered Captain John Fearn in 1798

Main Resource: Phosphate Mining Exports

Phosphate Discovered: New Zealander: Alber Ellis in 1900

Language: English (official), Nauruan

Christianity First Arrival: Year 1887

Religion: Protestant, Catholic, Pentacostal

Independence since: 1968.January.31

Type of Government: Republic

Currency: Australian Dollar

President: Year 2007 Ludwig Scotty

Cabinet Ministers: Six (6 incl. President)

Members of Parliament: Eighteen (18)