Why in the news?
- Australia announced an agreement with the Pacific nation Nauru enabling it to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island.
Nauru
- Location: Nauru is an island nation and a microstate in Oceania, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
- Capital: It has no official capital city but Yaren is the de facto capital of Nauru.
- Fact: It is the smallest republic in the world.
- Border: The island is about 1,300 km northeast of the Solomon Islands; its closest neighbour is the island of Banaba, in Kiribati.
- Geography: The island is dominated by a central phosphate plateau which is surrounded by coral cliffs.