Nauru

The Republic of Nauru (pronounced /{{IPA|næ?u?.?u?}}/), formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island republic in the South Pacific Ocean. It is one of the world's smallest independent countries both in terms of population and land area and the smallest independent republic in both terms. It is also the smallest non-European country (in terms of land area).

External links

• CenPacNet, the country's Internet service provider
• CIA World Factbook - Information and statistics
• Consular Information Sheet
• Country Profile BBC News
• Jane's Nauru Home Page
• "Nauru Island: Far Side Of Paradise", Albion Monitor, 26 April, 2003
• "Paradise well and truly lost", The Economist, 20 December 2001
• Radio program "This American Life" featured a 30-minute story on Nauru"
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community - Official site of the Pacific Community
• The Nauru Constitution
• Yahoo! Travel Informations Nauru
• "View on Nauru: Between a mined-out rock and a hard place" Uniya View on the Pacific briefing series, July 2005
• Cine Film footage of Island Life in 1979, Including Phosphate Excavation
• Report about asylum seekers in Nauru on Television New Zealand