Nauru
Updated: Sep 18, 2022
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Country Name
Nauru, or officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island.
Location
It is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania, in the Central Pacific.
Its nearest neighbor is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km (190 mi) to the
east. It further lies northwest of Tuvalu, 1,300 km (810 mi), northeast of the Solomon Islands, east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the Marshall Islands.

Capital
Yaren.
There is no official capital for Nauru But the government offices are located in Yaren District.
Reason For Naming
The name "Nauru" may derive from the Nauruan word Anáoero, which means 'I go to the beach. In 1798, British sea captain John Fearn, on his trading ship Hunter (300 tons), became the first Westerner to report sighting Nauru, calling it "Pleasant Island", because of its attractive appearance.