Nauru

Seafarers from Micronesia and Polynesia settled Nauru thousands of years ago. Its people were organised in twelve clans, still recalled by the twelve-pointed star on the national flag. The first European known to have s…

Anibare is the district that holds a double record on Nauru: it is the island's largest district in area and at the same time the smallest in population, so wide stretches of coast and inland ground lie between its scat…

Meneng, also written Menen, is a district of Nauru and lends its name to the surrounding constituency, which sends two representatives to the national parliament in Yaren. That connection has long given the district a v…

Boe is a district of Nauru and the only one that makes up Boe constituency, which gives it a distinct place in the island's administrative map. Like Nauru's other districts it is a narrow coastal community, with homes a…

Aiwo is a district of Nauru in the central Pacific, and its name has more than one form: it appears occasionally as Aiue, and in earlier times it was recorded as Yangor. Those changing names trace the district's long co…

Uaboe lies in the north-west of Nauru and is also written Waboe, one of the two spellings that neighbours use interchangeably. Like every district of the island, it is a narrow band of coast backed by the higher inland …

Baitsi lies on the northern side of Nauru, a small island nation in the central Pacific. Its name has travelled through time: older records call the district Baiti, and earlier still Beidi, a reminder of how spellings a…

Ewa lies in the north of Nauru, one of the smallest island nations in the Pacific. Like the rest of the island, the district rests on a raised coral platform ringed by a narrow coastal strip, and it is along that shore …

Anetan is one of the districts of Nauru, the small island nation in the Pacific, and it lies within Anetan Constituency, the unit through which the district is represented. Like all of Nauru's districts, it is modest in…

Buada carried the ancient name Arenibok from as early as the 1500s until the late 1800s. In 1889 the Germans referred to it as Bush Village after new boundaries were agreed, and in 1890 local people gave it the name Bua…

Anabar's story is told through its clans. Tradition holds that its first inhabitants were Deiboe clanspeople led by Deianoang, who brought his family to safety from fighting at Atemor's open field. The Irutsi clan is sa…

Ijuw, in the north-east of the island, is the least populated district in Nauru. In 2021 just 276 people lived across its 1.1 square kilometres, which makes it one of the quietest corners of an already small country. It…

Yaren, on the southern coast of the island, is the de facto capital of Nauru and the place where the country's government offices are located. That role makes it the district most visitors see first and the one that app…

Denigomodu, in the western part of the island, is the most populous district in Nauru and its largest settlement by population. As of 2021 around sixteen per cent of everyone living in Nauru, roughly 1,900 people, had t…

Nibok lies in the west of Nauru, one of the smallest island nations in the Micronesian South Pacific. Covering just 1.6 square kilometres, or some 395 acres, it is a district where everyone knows their neighbours: the p…

The district held the ancient name Arenibok as early as the 1500s to the late 1800s. The Germans referred to it as 'Bush Village' (1889) after agreeing to its new boundaries located by the Germans, the locals during 189…

Buada is a district in the Pacific island nation of Nauru. It is the only district in Buada constituency. It has a population of 969 (2021). Several things are special about Buada compared to the coastal areas, it is la…

Anabar, along with neighbouring district of Ijuw, is believed to be the 3rd area to submerged after Buada first and Anibare second about 3000+ years ago. Its first inhabitants are Deiboe clans people, led by Deianoang, …

Ijuw is a district in the country of Nauru, located in the northeast of the island. The area covers 1.1 km2 and has a population of 276 in 2021, making Ijuw the least populated district in the country. Ijuw is a part of…

Yaren (formerly known as Makwa and Moqua) is a district of the Pacific island country of Nauru, officially the Republic of Naoero. It is the de facto capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency. Yaren is…