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Nauru Facts

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Population:

13,000

Capital:

Yaren; 670

Area:

21 square kilometers (8 square miles)

Language:

Nauruan, English

Religion:

Protestant, Roman Catholic

Currency:

Australian dollar

Life Expectancy:

61

GDP per Capita:

U.S. $5,000

Literacy Percent:

NA

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Nauru is a small, oval-shaped island in the western Pacific. The interior phosphate plateau, comprising 60 percent of the land area, has been extensively mined, leaving a jagged and pitted landscape. Germany annexed Nauru in 1888, and Australia took it over in 1914. After World War II it was a joint trust territory of Australia, Britain, and New Zealand until it became independent in 1968. Phosphate exports earned economic stability for the country, but deposits could run out by 2005.

ECONOMY

• Industry: Phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
• Agriculture: Coconuts
• Exports: Phosphates

—Text From National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition

Source: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/