Nauru

Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands

Coastline: 30 km

Geography - note: Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator Population: 13,528 (July 2007 est.)

Capital: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

· Economy - overview: Revenues of this tiny island have traditionally come from exports of phosphates.

· As a result of heavy spending from the trust funds, the government faces virtual bankruptcy.

· To cut costs the government has frozen wages and reduced overstaffed public service departments

· Currency (code): Australian dollar (AUD)

· Jan. 31, 1968 is when Nauru got its independence from Australia

· Former name: Pleasant Island

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