Description: Hotel or Airbnb? | Nauru Accommodation, WELCOME TO NAURU AND THE MENENG HOTEL 2020, Nauru Island Travel Guide: 9 Best Things to Do in Nauru Country, My Room 249 at Menen Hotel Meneng Nauru August 2019, The Most Expensive Hotel in The Poorest Country in the World
video (51153) headlines (21514) world news (21487) worldnews (20553) sign up and share your playlists (20530) videos and editable pages for news (20527) wn archive (20319) wn network (20311) nauru hotel (1) nauru hotel breaking news (1)
Coordinates : 0°32′S 166°56′E / 0.533°S 166.933°E / -0.533; 166.933 ( Nauru )
Nauru ( / n ɑː ˈ uː r uː / nah- OO -roo or / ˈ n ɑː r uː / NAHR -oo ), officially the Republic of Nauru ( Nauruan : Repubrikin Naoero ) and formerly known as Pleasant Island , is an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific . Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati , 300 kilometres (186 mi) to the east. With 9,488 residents in a 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) area, Nauru is the smallest state in the South Pacific and third smallest state by area in the world , behind only Vatican
Settled by native peoples from Micronesia and Polynesia , Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century. After World War I , Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. During World War II , Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, who were bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific. After the war ended, the country entered into UN trusteeship. Nauru gained its independence in 1968.