Nauru

Zhingoora Books

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300291688
• Langue: English

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Nauru

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Nauru (Australia-Oceania)

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Introduction ::Nauru

Background:

The exact origins of the Nauruans are unclear since their language

does not resemble any other in the Pacific. The island was annexed

by Germany in 1888. Its phosphate deposits began to be mined

early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium. Nauru

was occupied by Australian forces in World War I and

subsequently became a League of Nations mandate. After the

Second World War - and a brutal occupation by Japan - Nauru

became a UN trust territory. It achieved independence in 1968 and

joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic.

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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

Country comparison to the world: 239

Land: 21 sq km

Water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: About 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 30 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 12 nm

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Contiguous zone: 24 nm

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate: Tropical with a monsoonal pattern; 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 elevation along plateau rim 61 m

Natural resources: Phosphates, fish

Land use:

Arable land: 0%

Permanent crops: 0%

Other: 100% (2005)

Irrigated land: NA

Natural hazards: Periodic droughts 6

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 agreements:

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine

Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

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 Makati in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator

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People ::Nauru

Population: 9,267 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 225

Age structure:

0-14 years: 34.7% (male 2,482/female 2,384)

15-64 years: 63.2% (male 4,362/female 4,495)

65 years and over: 2.1% (male 151/female 145) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total: 23.8 years

Male: 24 years

Female: 23.6 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.594% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 149

Birth rate: 28.16 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 47

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Death rate: 6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 161

Net migration rate: -16.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Country comparison to the world: 219

Urbanization:

Urban population: 100% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth: 0.838 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

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Total: 8.81 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world: 157

Male: 11.36 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population: 64.99 years

Country comparison to the world: 166

Male: 60.93 years

Female: 68.39 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.13 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 61

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality:

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