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Nauru
| Location |
Equatorial Pacific Ocean, S of Marshall Islands |
| Latitude and longitude |
0 32 S, 166 55 E |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Republic of Nauru" |
| Population |
10,100 |
| Census notes |
est. June 2004 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
21 |
| Capital |
Yaren District (no capital city) |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution
of Nauru, from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
at the University of the South Pacific School of Law |
|
International Court of Justice, Case
concerning Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v. Australia),
1989-1993
|
Other legal documents online
|
|
Nauru
Law, a collection of statutes, laws, judicial decisions and
other materials from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at
the University of the South Pacific School of Law |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Country
profile: Nauru, from the BBC News |
| Fishery
Country Profile--Nauru, from the Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Nauru,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Nauru,
from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Nauru,
map and basic demographic and economic data from the South Pacific
Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of the University of the
South Pacific |
| Nauru,
from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Nauru,
from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific
Island Populations 2004 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 78K) |
| Republic
of Nauru: Country Profile, from the Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Nauru to the United Nations |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Nauru |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| International
Dispute Settlement: Nauru v. Australia, by Margaret McLennan,
from volume 6 of the Journal of South Pacific Law (2002) (slow-loading) |
| Issues
of Land Tenure, by Charmaine Scotty, working draft presented to
the FAO/USP/RICS Foundation South Pacific Land Tenure Conflict
Symposium at the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, April
10 -12, 2002 (PDF 110K) |
| Land
Ownership and Control in Nauru, by Peter F. MacSporran, from
volume 2 of E Law, the Murdoch University Electronic Journal of
Law (1995) |
| Republic
of Nauru, by Michael R. Ogden for the World Encyclopedia of
Political Systems (3d ed. New York: Facts on File) |
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