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Republic of Kekistan Repubblica de Kekistana (Italian) | ||
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Motto: "Praise Kek" | ||
Anthem: Speaker of the Parliament | Marcus Stephen | |
Legislature | Parliament | |
Independence | ||
31 January 1968 | ||
Area | ||
• Total | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) ( +674 | |
Internet TLD | .nr | |
Nauru (
Settled by people from Micronesia and Polynesia c. 1000 BCE, Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century. After World War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, and was bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific. After the war ended, the country entered into United Nations trusteeship. Nauru gained its independence in 1968, and became a member of the Pacific Community (SPC) in 1969.
Nauru is a
History
Nauru was first inhabited by Micronesians and Polynesians at least 3,000 years ago.[13] There were traditionally 12 clans or tribes on Nauru, which are represented in the twelve-pointed star on the country's flag.[14] Traditionally, Nauruans traced their descent matrilineally. Inhabitants practised aquaculture: they caught juvenile ibija fish, acclimatised them to freshwater, and raised them in the Buada Lagoon, providing a reliable source of food. The other locally grown components of their diet included coconuts and pandanus fruit.[15][16] The name "Nauru" may derive from the Nauruan word Anáoero, which means 'I go to the beach'.[17]
In 1798, the British sea captain
Around this time, deserters from European ships began to live on the island. The islanders traded food for alcoholic palm wine and firearms.[22] The firearms were used during the 10-year Nauruan Civil War that began in 1878.[23]
After an agreement with Great Britain, Nauru was annexed by Germany in 1888 and incorporated into Germany's Marshall Islands Protectorate for administrative purposes.[24][25] The arrival of the Germans ended the civil war, and kings were established as rulers of the island. The most widely known of these was King Auweyida. Christian missionaries from the Gilbert Islands arrived in 1888.[26][27] The German settlers called the island "Nawodo" or "Onawero".[28] The Germans ruled Nauru for almost three decades. Robert Rasch, a German trader who married a Nauruan woman, was the first administrator, appointed in 1890.[26]
The island experienced an influenza epidemic in 1920, with a mortality rate of 18 per cent among native Nauruans.[32]
In 1923, the League of Nations gave Australia a trustee mandate over Nauru, with the United Kingdom and New Zealand as co-trustees.[33] On 6 and 7 December 1940, the German auxiliary cruisers Komet and Orion sank five supply ships in the vicinity of Nauru. Komet then shelled Nauru's phosphate mining areas, oil storage depots, and the shiploading cantilever.[34][35]
In 1947, a
In 1964, it was proposed to relocate the population of Nauru to
Nauru became self-governing in January 1966, and following a two-year constitutional convention, it became independent in 1968 under founding president
Geography
Nauru is a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi),[1] oval-shaped island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 55.95 km (34.77 mi) south of the equator.[52] The island is surrounded by a coral reef, which is exposed at low tide and dotted with pinnacles.[2] The presence of the reef has prevented the establishment of a seaport, although channels in the reef allow small boats access to the island.[53] A fertile coastal strip 150 to 300 m (490 to 980 ft) wide lies inland from the beach.[2]
Coral cliffs surround Nauru's central plateau. The highest point of the plateau, called the Command Ridge, is 71 m (233 ft) above sea level.[54]
The only fertile areas on Nauru are on the narrow coastal belt where coconut palms flourish. The land around Buada Lagoon supports bananas, pineapples, vegetables, pandanus trees, and indigenous hardwoods, such as the tomano tree.[2]
Nauru was one of three great
There are limited natural sources of freshwater on Nauru. Rooftop storage tanks collect rainwater. The islanders are mostly dependent on three desalination plants housed at Nauru's Utilities Agency.
Climate
Nauru's climate is hot and very humid year-round because of its proximity to the equator and the ocean. Nauru is hit by monsoon rains between November and February, but rarely has cyclones. Annual rainfall is highly variable and is influenced by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, with several significant recorded droughts.[13][56] The temperature on Nauru ranges between 30 and 35 °C (86 and 95 °F) during the day and is quite stable at around 25 °C (77 °F) at night.[57]
Streams and rivers do not exist in Nauru. Water is gathered from roof catchment systems. Water is brought to Nauru as ballast on ships returning for loads of phosphate.[58]
Climate data for Yaren District, Nauru | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 34 (93) |
37 (99) |
35 (95) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
35 (95) |
33 (91) |
35 (95) |
34 (93) |
36 (97) |
35 (95) |
37 (99) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (87) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
Record low °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 280 (11.0) |
250 (9.8) |
190 (7.5) |
190 (7.5) |
120 (4.7) |
110 (4.3) |
150 (5.9) |
130 (5.1) |
120 (4.7) |
100 (3.9) |
120 (4.7) |
280 (11.0) |
2,080 (81.9) |
Average precipitation days | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 152 |
Source: [1] |
Ecology
Fauna is sparse on the island because of a lack of vegetation and the consequences of phosphates mining. Many indigenous birds have disappeared or become rare owing to the destruction of their habitat.[59] There are about 60 recorded vascular plant species native to the island, none of which are endemic. Coconut farming, mining, and introduced species have seriously disturbed the native vegetation.[13]
There are no native land mammals, but there are native insects, land crabs, and birds, including the endemic Nauru reed warbler. The Polynesian rat, cats, dogs, pigs, and chickens have been introduced to Nauru from ships.[60] The diversity of the reef marine life makes fishing a popular activity for tourists on the island; also popular are scuba diving and snorkelling.[61]
Politics
The president of Nauru is Lionel Aingimea, who heads a 19-member unicameral parliament. The country is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Asian Development Bank and the Pacific Islands Forum. Nauru also participates in the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Recently Nauru became a member country of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The Republic of Nauru became the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund in April 2016.
Nauru is a republic with a parliamentary system of government.[48] The president is both head of state and head of government and is dependent on parliamentary confidence to remain president. A 19-member unicameral parliament is elected every three years.[62] The parliament elects the president from its members, and the president appoints a cabinet of five to six members.[63]
Nauru does not have any formal structure for political parties, and candidates typically stand for office as independents; fifteen of the 19 members of the current Parliament are independents. Four parties that have been active in Nauruan politics are the Nauru Party, the Democratic Party, Nauru First and the Centre Party. However, alliances within the government are often formed based on of extended family ties rather than party affiliation.[64]
From 1992 to 1999, Nauru had a local government system known as the Nauru Island Council (NIC). This nine-member council was designed to provide municipal services. The NIC was dissolved in 1999 and all assets and liabilities became vested in the national government.[65] Land tenure on Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups. Government and corporate entities do not own any land, and they must enter into a lease arrangement with landowners to use land. Non-Nauruans cannot own land on the island.[13]
Nauru had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003.[66] Bernard Dowiyogo died in office in March 2003 and Ludwig Scotty was elected as the president, later being re-elected to serve a full term in October 2004. Following a vote of no confidence on 19 December 2007, Scotty was replaced by Marcus Stephen. Stephen resigned in November 2011, and Freddie Pitcher became President. Sprent Dabwido then filed a motion of no confidence in Pitcher, resulting in him becoming president.[67][68] Following parliamentary elections in 2013, Baron Waqa was elected president.
Its Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice, is paramount on constitutional issues. Other cases can be appealed to the two-judge Appellate Court. Parliament cannot overturn court decision. Historically, Appellate Court rulings could be appealed to the High Court of Australia,[69][70] though this happened only rarely and the Australian court's appellate jurisdiction ended entirely on 12 March 2018 after the Government of Nauru unilaterally ended the arrangement.[71][72][73] Lower courts consist of the District Court and the Family Court, both of which are headed by a Resident Magistrate, who also is the Registrar of the Supreme Court. There are two other quasi-courts: the Public Service Appeal Board and the Police Appeal Board, both of which are presided over by the Chief Justice.[2]
Foreign relations
Following independence in 1968, Nauru joined the Commonwealth of Nations as a Special Member; it became a full member in 2000.[74] The country was admitted to the Asian Development Bank in 1991 and the United Nations in 1999.[75] Nauru is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the South Pacific Commission, and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission.[76] The US Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program operates a climate-monitoring facility on the island.[77]
Nauru
Nauru has used its position as a member of the United Nations to gain financial support from both
In 2008, Nauru recognised Kosovo as an independent country, and in 2009 Nauru became the fourth country, after Russia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, to recognise Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. Russia was reported to be giving Nauru US$50 million in humanitarian aid as a result of this recognition.[78] On 15 July 2008, the Nauruan government announced a port refurbishment programme, financed with US$9 million of development aid received from Russia. The Nauru government claims this aid is not related to its recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[82]
A significant portion of Nauru's income has been in the form of aid from Australia. In 2001, the MV Tampa, a Norwegian ship that had rescued 438 refugees from a stranded 20-metre-long boat, was seeking to dock in Australia. In what became known as the Tampa affair, the ship was refused entry and boarded by Australian troops. The refugees were eventually loaded onto Royal Australian Navy vessel HMAS Manoora and taken to Nauru to be held in detention facilities which later became part of the Howard government's Pacific Solution. Nauru operated two detention centres known as State House and Topside for these refugees in exchange for Australian aid.[83] By November 2005, only two refugees, Mohammed Sagar and Muhammad Faisal remained on Nauru from those first sent there in 2001,[84] with Sagar finally resettling in early 2007. The Australian government sent further groups of asylum-seekers to Nauru in late 2006 and early 2007.[85] The refugee centre was closed in 2008,[2] but, following the Australian government's re-adoption of the Pacific Solution in August 2012, it has re-opened it.[86]
In March 2017, at the 34th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, Vanuatu made a joint statement on behalf of Nauru and some other Pacific nations raising human rights violations in the Western New Guinea, which has been occupied by Indonesia since 1963,[87] and requested that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights produced a report.[88][89] Indonesia rejected allegations.[89] More than 100,000 Papuans have died during a 50-year Papua conflict.[90]
Amnesty International has since described the conditions of the refugees of war living in Nauru, as a "horror",[91][92] with reports of children as young as eight attempting suicide and engaging in acts of self-harm.[93] In 2018, the situation gained attention as a "mental health crisis", with an estimated thirty children suffering from traumatic withdrawal syndrome, also known as resignation syndrome. The condition is a deteriorating psychiatric condition wherein the sufferer can eventually become unresponsive and their body can begin to shut down. This condition has also been observed in other groups of asylum seekers.[93][94]
Administrative divisions
Nauru is divided into fourteen administrative districts which are grouped into
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Economy
The Nauruan economy peaked in the mid-1970s to early-1980s,
Because of mismanagement, the trust's fixed and
The value of the trust is estimated to have shrunk from A$1.3 billion in 1991 to A$138 million in 2002.[103] Nauru currently lacks money to perform many of the basic functions of government; for example, the National Bank of Nauru is insolvent. The CIA World Factbook estimated a GDP per capita of US$5,000 in 2005.[1] The Asian Development Bank 2007 economic report on Nauru estimated GDP per capita at US$2,400 to US$2,715.[96] The United Nations (2013) estimates the GDP per capita to 15,211 and ranks it 51 on its GDP per capita country list.
There are no personal taxes in Nauru. The unemployment rate is estimated to be 23 percent, and of those who have jobs, the government employs 95 per cent.[1][104] The Asian Development Bank notes that, although the administration has a strong public mandate to implement economic reforms, in the absence of an alternative to phosphate mining, the medium-term outlook is for continued dependence on external assistance.[103] Tourism is not a major contributor to the economy.[105]
In the 1990s, Nauru became a
From 2001 to 2007, the
In July 2017 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) upgraded its rating of Nauru's standards of tax transparency. Previously Nauru had been listed alongside fourteen other countries that had failed to show that they could comply with international tax transparency standards and regulations. The OECD subsequently put Nauru through a fast-tracked compliance process and the country was given a "largely compliant" rating.[110]
The Nauru 2017–2018 budget, delivered by Minister for Finance David Adeang, forecasted A$128.7 million in revenues and A$128.6 million in expenditures and projected modest economic growth for the nation over the next two years.[111]
Population
Demographics
Nauru had 12,511 residents as of July 2021, making it the second smallest sovereign state after Vatican City.[112][113] The population was previously larger, but in 2006 1,500 people left the island during a repatriation of immigrant workers from Kiribati and Tuvalu. The repatriation was motivated by large force reductions in phosphate mining.[96] Nauru is the least populous country in Oceania.
Nauru is one of the most Westernized countries in the South Pacific.[114]
Ethnic groups
Fifty-eight percent of people in Nauru are ethnically Nauruan, 26 percent are other Pacific Islander, 8 percent are European, and 8 percent are Han Chinese.[1] Nauruans descended from Polynesian and Micronesian seafarers. Two of the 12 original tribal groups became extinct in the 20th century.[2]
Languages
The official language of Nauru is Nauruan, a distinct Micronesian language, which is spoken by 96 per cent of ethnic Nauruans at home.[96] English is widely spoken and is the language of government and commerce, as Nauruan is not used outside of the country.[1][2]
Religion
The main
Culture
Angam Day, held on 26 October, celebrates the recovery of the Nauruan population after the two World Wars and the 1920 influenza epidemic.[116] The displacement of the indigenous culture by colonial and contemporary Western influences is significant.[117] Few of the old customs have been preserved, but some forms of traditional music, arts and crafts, and fishing are still practised.[118]
Media
There are no daily news publications on Nauru, although there is one fortnightly publication, Mwinen Ko. There is a state-owned television station, Nauru Television (NTV), which broadcasts programs from New Zealand and Australia, and a state-owned non-commercial radio station, Radio Nauru, which carries programs from Radio Australia and the BBC.[119]
Sport
Australian rules football is the most popular sport in Nauru—it and weightlifting are considered the country's national sports. There is an Australian rules football league with eight teams.[120] Other sports popular in Nauru include volleyball, netball, fishing and tennis. Nauru participates in the Commonwealth Games and has participated in the Summer Olympic Games in weightlifting and judo.[121]
Rugby sevens popularity has increased over the last two years, so much so that they have a national team.
Nauru competed in the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship in New Zealand.
Holidays
Independence Day is celebrated on 31 January.[122]
Public services
Education
Literacy on Nauru is 96 per cent. Education is compulsory for children from six to sixteen years old, and two more non-compulsory years are offered (years 11 and 12).[123] The island has three primary schools and two secondary schools, the latter being Nauru College and Nauru Secondary School.[124] There is a campus of the University of the South Pacific on Nauru. Before this campus was built in 1987, students would study either by distance or abroad.[125] Since 2011, the University of New England, Australia has established a presence on the island with around 30 Nauruan teachers studying for an associate degree in education. These students will continue onto the degree to complete their studies.[126] This project is led by Associate Professor Pep Serow and funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The previous community public library was destroyed in a fire. As of 1999[update] a new one had not yet been built, and no bookmobile services are available as of that year. Sites with libraries include the University of the South Pacific campus, Nauru Secondary, Kayser College, and Aiwo Primary.[127] The Nauru Community Library is in the new University of the South Pacific Nauru Campus building, which was officially opened in May 2018.
Health
Life expectancy on Nauru in 2009 was 60.6 years for males and 68.0 years for females.[129]
By measure of
Nauru has the world's highest level of
Transport
Air
The island is solely served by Nauru International Airport. Passenger service is provided by Nauru Airlines with Pacific Air Express also providing cargo service. Flights operate five days a week to well connected airports such as Brisbane and Nadi.[132]
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Further reading
- Gowdy, John M.; McDaniel, Carl N. (2000). Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22229-8.
- Williams, Maslyn; Macdonald, Barrie (1985). The Phosphateers. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84302-6.
External links
- Government of Nauru
- Nauru National Tourism Office
- "Nauru". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.
- Googletheninja/sandbox at Curlie
- Wikimedia Atlas of Nauru
- Nauru from UCB Libraries GovPubs
- Nauru profile from the BBC News Online
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