Pacific Ocean--the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and
Makatea in French Polynesia

_*_People
_#_Population: 9,333 (July 1991), growth rate 1.4% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 19 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 41 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 64 years male, 69 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Nauruan(s); adjective--Nauruan

_#_Ethnic divisions: Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese
8%, European 8%

_#_Religion: Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman
Catholic)

_#_Language: Nauruan, a distinct Pacific Island language (official);
English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and
commercial purposes

_#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

_#_Labor force: NA

_#_Organized labor: NA

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Republic of Nauru

_#_Type: republic

_#_Capital: no capital city as such; 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 UN trusteeship under Australia,
New Zealand, and UK); formerly Pleasant Island

_#_Constitution: 29 January 1968

_#_Legal system: own Acts of Parliament and British common law

_#_National holiday: Independence Day, 31 January (1968)

_#_Executive branch: president, Cabinet

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament

_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State and Head of Government--President Bernard DOWIYOGO
(since 12 December 1989)

_#_Political parties and leaders: none

_#_Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 20

_#_Elections:

President--last held 9 December 1989 (next to be held December
1992);
results--Bernard DOWIYOGO elected by Parliament;

Parliament--last held on 9 December 1989 (next to be held
December 1992);
results--percent of vote NA;
seats--(18 total) independents 18

_#_Member of: C (special), ESCAP, ICAO, INTERPOL, ITU, SPC, SPF, UPU

_#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador-designate Theodore
Conrad MOSES resident in Melbourne (Australia); there is a Nauruan
Consulate in Agana (Guam);