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World Gazetteer Results for Ijuw:
NameIjuw
Geographical TypeDistrict
Population302
CountryNauru
Dictionary Results for Nauru:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Nauru
    n 1: an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports
         support the economy [syn: Nauru, Republic of Nauru]
    2: a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to
       the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the
       Gilbert Islands [syn: Nauru, Nauru Island, Pleasant
       Island]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Nauru

   Introduction Nauru
   ------------------
                            Background: Nauru's phosphate deposits began to
                                        be mined early in the 20th century
                                        by a German-British consortium; the
                                        island was occupied by Australian
                                        forces in World War I. Nauru
                                        achieved independence in 1968 and
                                        joined the UN in 1999. Nauru is the
                                        world's smallest independent
                                        republic.
  
   Geography Nauru
   ---------------
                              Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific
                                        Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
                Geographic coordinates: 0 32 S, 166 55 E
                        Map references: Oceania
                                  Area: total: 21 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 21 sq km
                    Area - comparative: about 0.1 times the size of
                                        Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 30 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                               Climate: tropical; monsoonal; rainy season
                                        (November to February)
                               Terrain: sandy beach rises to fertile ring
                                        around raised coral reefs with
                                        phosphate plateau in center
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location
                                        along plateau rim 61 m
                     Natural resources: phosphates, fish
                              Land use: arable land: 0%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 100% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: periodic droughts
          Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water
                                        resources, roof storage tanks
                                        collect rainwater, but mostly
                                        dependent on a single, aging
                                        desalination plant; intensive
                                        phosphate mining during the past 90
                                        years - mainly by a UK, Australia,
                                        and NZ consortium - has left the
                                        central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and
                                        threatens limited remaining land
                                        resources
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
                                        Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      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
  
   People Nauru
   ------------
                            Population: 12,329 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 39.6% (male 2,515;
                                        female 2,366)
                                        15-64 years: 58.7% (male 3,578;
                                        female 3,656)
                                        65 years and over: 1.7% (male 108;
                                        female 106) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.96% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 26.6 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 7.06 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.01 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 10.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 61.57 years
                                        female: 65.26 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 58.05 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Nauruan(s)
                                        adjective: Nauruan
                         Ethnic groups: Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander
                                        26%, Chinese 8%, European 8%
                             Religions: Christian (two-thirds Protestant,
                                        one-third Roman Catholic)
                             Languages: Nauruan (official, a distinct
                                        Pacific Island language), English
                                        widely understood, spoken, and used
                                        for most government and commercial
                                        purposes
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: NA%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Nauru
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Nauru
                                        conventional short form: Nauru
                                        former: Pleasant Island
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: no official capital; government
                                        offices in Yaren District
              Administrative divisions: 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan,
                                        Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada,
                                        Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng,
                                        Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren
                          Independence: 31 January 1968 (from the
                                        Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered
                                        UN trusteeship)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 31 January (1968)
                          Constitution: 29 January 1968
                          Legal system: acts of the Nauru Parliament and
                                        British common law
                              Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal and
                                        compulsory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Rene
                                        HARRIS (since 30 March 2001); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        Parliament for a three-year term;
                                        election last held NA March 2001
                                        (next to be held NA 2004)
                                        election results: Rene HARRIS
                                        elected president; percent of
                                        Parliamentary vote - NA%
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president from among the members of
                                        Parliament
                                        head of government: President Rene
                                        HARRIS (since 30 March 2001); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (18 seats;
                                        members elected by popular vote to
                                        serve three-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 9 April 2000
                                        (next to be held NA April 2003)
                                        election results: percent of vote -
                                        NA%; seats - independents 18
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court
         Political parties and leaders: loose multiparty system; Democratic
                                        Party [Kennan ADEANG]; Nauru Party
                                        (informal) [Bernard DOWIYOGO]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, ICAO,
                         participation: Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, Sparteca,
                                        SPC, SPF, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: Nauru does not have an embassy in
                                        the US, but does have a UN office at
                                        800 2nd Avenue, Suite 400 D, New
                                        York, New York 10017; telephone:
                                        (212) 937-0074
                                        consulate(s): Hagatna (Guam)
     Diplomatic representation from the the US does not have an embassy in
                                    US: Nauru; the US Ambassador to Fiji is
                                        accredited to Nauru
                      Flag description: blue with a narrow, horizontal,
                                        yellow stripe across the center and
                                        a large white 12-pointed star below
                                        the stripe on the hoist side; the
                                        star indicates the country's
                                        location in relation to the Equator
                                        (the yellow stripe) and the 12
                                        points symbolize the 12 original
                                        tribes of Nauru
  
   Economy Nauru
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: Revenues of this tiny island have
                                        come from exports of phosphates, but
                                        reserves are expected to be
                                        exhausted within a few years.
                                        Phosphate production has declined
                                        since 1989, as demand has fallen in
                                        traditional markets and as the
                                        marginal cost of extracting the
                                        remaining phosphate increases,
                                        making it less internationally
                                        competitive. While phosphates have
                                        given Nauruans one of the highest
                                        per capita incomes in the Third
                                        World, few other resources exist
                                        with most necessities being
                                        imported, including fresh water from
                                        Australia. The rehabilitation of
                                        mined land and the replacement of
                                        income from phosphates are serious
                                        long-term problems. In anticipation
                                        of the exhaustion of Nauru's
                                        phosphate deposits, substantial
                                        amounts of phosphate income have
                                        been invested in trust funds to help
                                        cushion the transition and provide
                                        for Nauru's economic future. The
                                        government has been borrowing
                                        heavily from the trusts to finance
                                        fiscal deficits. To cut costs the
                                        government has called for a freeze
                                        on wages, a reduction of over-
                                        staffed public service departments,
                                        privatization of numerous government
                                        agencies, and closure of some
                                        overseas consulates. In recent years
                                        Nauru has encouraged the
                                        registration of offshore banks and
                                        corporations. Tens of billions of
                                        dollars have been channeled through
                                        their accounts. Few comprehensive
                                        statistics on the Nauru economy
                                        exist, with estimates of Nauru's per
                                        capita GDP varying widely.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $60
                                        million (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: NA%
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,000
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
                                        industry: NA%
                                        services: NA%
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): -3.6% (1993)
           Labor force - by occupation: employed in mining phosphates,
                                        public administration, education,
                                        and transportation
                     Unemployment rate: 0%
                                Budget: revenues: $23.4 million
                                        expenditures: $64.8 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY95/96)
                            Industries: phosphate mining, offshore banking,
                                        coconut products
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 30 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 27.9 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: coconuts
                               Exports: $25.3 million (f.o.b., 1991)
                 Exports - commodities: phosphates
                    Exports - partners: NZ, Australia, South Korea, US
                                        (2000)
                               Imports: $21.1 million (c.i.f., 1991)
                 Imports - commodities: food, fuel, manufactures, building
                                        materials, machinery
                    Imports - partners: Australia, US, UK, Indonesia, India
                                        (2000)
                       Debt - external: $33.3 million
              Economic aid - recipient: $2.25 million from Australia (FY96/
                                        97 est.)
                              Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
                         Currency code: AUD
                        Exchange rates: Australian dollars per US dollar -
                                        1.9354 (January 2002) 1.9320 (2001),
                                        1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888
                                        (1998), 1.3439 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
  
   Communications Nauru
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 2,000 (1996)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 450 (1994)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: adequate local
                                        and international radiotelephone
                                        communication provided via
                                        Australian facilities
                                        domestic: NA
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                Radios: 7,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
                           Televisions: 500 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .nr
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: NA
  
   Transportation Nauru
   --------------------
                               Railways: total: 5 km
                                         note: gauge unknown; used to haul
                                         phosphates from the center of the
                                         island to processing facilities on
                                         the southwest coast (2001)
                               Highways: total: 30 km
                                         paved: 24 km
                                         unpaved: 6 km (1998 est.)
                              Waterways: none
                      Ports and harbors: Nauru
                        Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                               Airports: 1 (2001)
          Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
                                         1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Nauru
   --------------
                     Military branches: no regular military forces; Nauru
                                        Police Force
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 3,103 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 1,710 (2002 est.)
                               service:
         Military expenditures - dollar $NA
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                   GDP:
                       Military - note: Nauru maintains no defense forces;
                                        under an informal agreement, defense
                                        is the responsibility of Australia
  
   Transnational Issues Nauru
   --------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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