Editing Nauru (section)

== Politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Nauru|Elections in Nauru}}
{{Further|Law of Nauru|List of political parties in Nauru|Crime in Nauru}}
[[File:Nauru-parliament.jpg|thumb|Parliament of Nauru]]

The president of Nauru is [[David Adeang]], who heads a [[Parliament of Nauru|19-member unicameral parliament]]. The country is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the [[Asian Development Bank]]. Nauru also participates in the [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] and [[Olympic Games]]. Recently, Nauru became a member country of the [[International Renewable Energy Agency]] (IRENA). The Republic of Nauru became the 189th member of the [[International Monetary Fund]] in April 2016.

Nauru is a republic with a [[parliamentary system]] of government.<ref name=davidson/> The president is both [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] and is dependent on parliamentary confidence to remain president. All 19 parliament seats are elected every three years.<ref>
Matau, Robert (6 June 2013) [http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/nauru/1413/president-dabwido-gives-it-another-go/ "President Dabwido gives it another go"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926030215/http://islandsbusiness.com/news/nauru/1413/president-dabwido-gives-it-another-go/ |date=26 September 2013 }} . ''Islands Business''.</ref> The parliament elects the president from its members, and the president appoints a [[Cabinet of Nauru|cabinet]] of five to six members.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Levine |first=Stephen |author2=Roberts, Nigel S |title=The constitutional structures and electoral systems of Pacific Island states |journal=Commonwealth & Comparative Politics |date=November 2005 |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=276–295 |doi=10.1080/14662040500304866 |s2cid=154374242}}</ref> As a result of a [[2021 Nauruan constitutional referendum|referendum in 2021]], naturalised citizens and their descendants are barred from becoming parliamentarians.

Nauru lacks any formal structure for political parties, and candidates typically stand for office as independents; fifteen of the 19&nbsp;members of the current parliament are independents. Four parties that have been active in Nauruan politics are the Nauru Party, the [[Democratic Party of Nauru|Democratic Party]], [[Nauru First]] and the [[Centre Party (Nauru)|Centre Party]]. However, alliances within the government are often formed based on [[nepotism|extended family ties rather than party affiliation]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anckar |first1=D |last2=Anckar |first2=C |title=Democracies without Parties |journal=Comparative Political Studies |year=2000 |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=225–247 |doi=10.1177/0010414000033002003 }}</ref>

From 1992 to 1999, Nauru had a local government system known as the Nauru Island Council (NIC).<ref name = "NIC"/> It was a successor to the [[Nauru Local Government Council]], established in 1951.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ntumy|first=Michael A.|date=1993|title=South Pacific Islands Legal Systems|chapter=Nauru|trans-title=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6EBEAAAQBAJ|language=English|pages=142–143|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=|isbn=9780824814380|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012062433/https://books.google.com/books?id=d6EBEAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> This nine-member council was designed to provide municipal services. The NIC was dissolved in 1999 and all assets and liabilities became vested in the national government.<ref name = "NIC">{{cite journal |author1=Hassell, Graham |author2=Tipu, Feue |date=May 2008 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ComJlLocGov/2008/3.html |title=Local Government in the South Pacific Islands |journal=Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=6–30 |accessdate=30 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526032531/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ComJlLocGov/2008/3.html |archivedate=26 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Land tenure]] on Nauru is unusual: all Nauruans have certain rights to all land on the island, which is owned by individuals and family groups. Government and corporate entities do not own any land, and they must enter into a lease arrangement with landowners to use land. Non-Nauruans cannot own land on the island.<ref name=UNCCD/>

Nauru's [[Supreme Court of Nauru|Supreme Court]], headed by the Chief Justice, is paramount on [[constitution of Nauru|constitutional issues]]. Other cases can be appealed to the [[Nauru Court of Appeal|two-judge Appellate Court]]. Parliament cannot overturn court decisions. Historically, Appellate Court rulings could be appealed to the [[High Court of Australia]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act (Australia) 1976 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ncaa1976254 |publisher=Australian Legal Information Institute |accessdate=7 August 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212519/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ncaa1976254/ |archivedate=1 October 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Dale |first=Gregory |title=Appealing to Whom? Australia's 'Appellate Jurisdiction' Over Nauru |journal=International & Comparative Law Quarterly |year=2007 |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=641–658 |doi=10.1093/iclq/lei186}}</ref> though this happened only rarely and the Australian court's appellate jurisdiction ended entirely on 12 March 2018 after the Government of Nauru unilaterally ended the arrangement.<ref name="Gans">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/opinionsonhigh/2018/02/20/news-court-may-lose-nauru-appellate-role/comment-page-1/ |title=News: Court may lose Nauru appellate role |last=Gans |first=Jeremy |date=20 February 2018 |work=Opinions on High |publisher=Melbourne Law School, [[The University of Melbourne]] |accessdate=2 April 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101813/https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/opinionsonhigh/2018/02/20/news-court-may-lose-nauru-appellate-role/comment-page-1/ |archivedate=2 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-02/nauru-now-without-court-of-appeal/9609524 |title=Justice in Nauru curtailed as Government abolishes appeal system |last=Clarke |first=Melissa |date=2 April 2018 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |accessdate=2 April 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402015127/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-02/nauru-now-without-court-of-appeal/9609524 |archivedate=2 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/02/fears-for-asylum-seekers-as-nauru-moves-to-cut-ties-to-australias-high-court |title=Fears for asylum seekers as Nauru moves to cut ties to Australia's high court |last=Wahlquist |first=Calla |date=2 April 2018 |newspaper=[[Guardian Australia|The Guardian]] |accessdate=2 April 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401234753/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/02/fears-for-asylum-seekers-as-nauru-moves-to-cut-ties-to-australias-high-court |archivedate=1 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Lower courts consist of the District Court and the Family Court, both of which are headed by a Resident Magistrate, who also is the Registrar of the Supreme Court. There are two other quasi-courts: the Public Service Appeal Board and the Police Appeal Board, both of which are presided over by the Chief Justice.<ref name=state>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16447.htm |title=Background Note: Nauru |publisher=[[Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs|State Department Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017054843/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16447.htm |archivedate=17 October 2012 |date=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Nauru}}

Following independence in 1968, Nauru joined the Commonwealth of Nations as a Special Member; it became a full member in 1999.<ref name="UN">{{cite web |url=http://www.un.int/nauru/overview.html |title=Republic of Nauru Permanent Mission to the United Nations |accessdate=10 May 2006 |publisher=United Nations |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818033559/http://www.un.int/nauru/overview.html |archivedate=18 August 2006}}</ref> The country was admitted to the Asian Development Bank in 1991 and the United Nations in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealth-of-nations.org/Nauru/Organisations/Nauru_in_the_Commonwealth |accessdate=18 June 2012 |title=Nauru in the Commonwealth |publisher=Commonwealth of Nations |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123030347/http://www.commonwealth-of-nations.org/Nauru/Organisations/Nauru_in_the_Commonwealth |archivedate=23 November 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Nauru is a member of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the [[Pacific Community]], and the [[South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/nauru/111187.htm |publisher=US State Department |title=Nauru (04/08) |year=2008 |accessdate=17 June 2012 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418082142/https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/nauru/111187.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2021, Nauru announced it would be formally withdrawing from the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] in a joint statement with Marshall Islands, Kiribati, and the Federated States of Micronesia after a dispute regarding [[Henry Puna]]'s election as the Forum's secretary-general.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |date=9 February 2021 |title=Five Micronesian countries leave Pacific Islands Forum |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/436039/five-micronesian-countries-leave-pacific-islands-forum |accessdate=9 February 2021 |publisher=[[RNZ]] |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308131515/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/436039/five-micronesian-countries-leave-pacific-islands-forum |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=8 February 2021 |title=Pacific Islands Forum in crisis as one-third of member nations quit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/pacific-islands-forum-in-crisis-as-one-third-of-member-nations-quit |accessdate=9 February 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205142/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/pacific-islands-forum-in-crisis-as-one-third-of-member-nations-quit |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Nauru cadet police on training exercise (2).jpg|thumb|Nauruan police cadets undergoing training. Nauru [[List of countries without armed forces|has no armed forces]], though there is a small police force under civilian control.]]

Nauru has [[list of countries without armed forces|no armed forces]], though there is a small [[Nauru Police Force|police force]] under civilian control.<ref name="CIA"/> Australia is responsible for Nauru's defence under an informal agreement between the two countries.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |author=Central Intelligence Agency |author-link=Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=[[The World Factbook]] |title=Nauru |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nauru/ |year=2015 |accessdate=8 June 2015 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812172003/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nauru/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The September 2005 [[memorandum of understanding]] between Australia and Nauru provides the latter with financial aid and technical assistance, including a Secretary of Finance to prepare the budget, and advisers on health and education. This aid is in return for Nauru's housing of asylum seekers while their applications for entry into Australia are processed.<ref name=DFAT>{{cite web |publisher=[[Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] |url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/nauru/nauru_brief.html |title=Republic of Nauru Country Brief |date=November 2005 |accessdate=2 May 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070651/http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/nauru/nauru_brief.html |archivedate=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Nauru uses the Australian dollar as its official currency.<ref name=state/>

Nauru has used its position as a member of the United Nations to gain financial support from both [[Taiwan]] (officially the Republic of China or ROC) and [[China]] (officially the People's Republic of China or PRC) by changing its recognition from one to the other under the [[One-China policy]]. On 21 July 2002, [[China–Nauru relations|Nauru signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with the PRC]], accepting [[United States dollar|US$]]130&nbsp;million from the PRC for this action<ref name="harding">{{Cite news |author=Harding, Luke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/14/nauro-recognises-abkhazia-south-ossetia |title=Tiny Nauru struts world stage by recognising breakaway republics |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 December 2009 |accessdate=22 June 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217092833/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/14/nauro-recognises-abkhazia-south-ossetia |archivedate=17 December 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> (US${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|130000000|2002}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|US-GDP}}). In response, the [[Nauru–Taiwan relations|ROC severed diplomatic relations with Nauru]] two days later. Nauru later re-established links with the ROC on 14 May 2005,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/05/15/2003254718 |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=15 May 2005 |title=Nauru switches its allegiance back to Taiwan from China |author=Su, Joy |accessdate=18 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002225907/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/05/15/2003254718 |archivedate=2 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> and diplomatic ties with the PRC were officially severed on 31 May 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-136916820/china-officially-severs-diplomatic.html |publisher=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire |date=31 May 2005 |accessdate=18 June 2012 |title=China officially severs diplomatic ties with Nauru |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511235518/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-136916820/china-officially-severs-diplomatic.html |archivedate=11 May 2013}}</ref> On 15 Jan 2024, Nauru severed ties with the ROC and re-established diplomatic ties with the PRC.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-loses-first-ally-post-election-nauru-goes-over-china-2024-01-15/|publisher=Reuters |date=15 Jan 2024 |accessdate=15 Jan 2024 |title= Taiwan loses ally Nauru to China in post-election ploy}}</ref>

In 2008, [[International recognition of Kosovo|Nauru recognised Kosovo as an independent country]], and in 2009 Nauru became the fourth country, after [[Russia]], [[Nicaragua]], and [[Venezuela]], to recognise [[Abkhazia]] and [[South Ossetia]], two breakaway autonomous republics of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Russia was reported to be giving Nauru US$50&nbsp;million in humanitarian aid as a result of this recognition<ref name=harding/> (US${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|50000000|2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|US-GDP}}). On 15 July 2008, the Nauruan government announced a port refurbishment programme, financed with US$9&nbsp;million of development aid received from Russia (US${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|9000000|2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|US-GDP}}). The Nauru government claimed this aid is not related to its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=54715 |title=Nauru expects to earn more from exports after port upgrade with Russian aid |date=15 July 2010 |work=Radio New Zealand International |accessdate=15 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904093506/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=54715 |archivedate=4 September 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The US [[Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility|Atmospheric Radiation Measurement]] program operates a climate-monitoring facility on the island.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Long |first=Charles N |author2=McFarlane, Sally A |title=Quantification of the Impact of Nauru Island on ARM Measurements |journal=Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology |date=March 2012 |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=628–636 |doi=10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0174.1 |bibcode=2012JApMC..51..628L |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1234577 |doi-access=free |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418095408/https://zenodo.org/record/1234577 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A significant portion of Nauru's income has been in the form of aid from Australia. In 2001, the [[MV Tampa|MV ''Tampa'']], a [[Norway|Norwegian]] ship that had rescued 438&nbsp;refugees from a stranded boat, was seeking to dock in Australia. In what became known as [[Tampa affair|the ''Tampa'' affair]], the ship was refused entry and boarded by [[Australian Army|Australian troops]]. The refugees were eventually taken to Nauru to be held in detention facilities which later became part of the [[Howard government]]'s [[Pacific Solution]]. Nauru operated two detention centres known as State House and Topside for these refugees in exchange for Australian aid.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MarStudies/2002/2.html |author=White, Michael |title=M/V Tampa Incident and Australia's Obligations&nbsp;– August 2001 |year=2002 |journal=Maritime Studies |volume=2002 |issue=122 |pages=7–17 |doi=10.1080/07266472.2002.10878659 |s2cid=153949745 |accessdate=18 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208135300/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MarStudies/2002/2.html |archivedate=8 December 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> By November 2005, only two refugees remained on Nauru from those first sent there in 2001.<ref name="TheAge">{{cite news |author=Gordon, M |date=5 November 2005 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/naurus-last-two-asylum-seekers-feel-the-pain/2005/11/04/1130823401609.html |title=Nauru's last two asylum seekers feel the pain |newspaper=[[The Age]] |accessdate=8 May 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604224143/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/naurus-last-two-asylum-seekers-feel-the-pain/2005/11/04/1130823401609.html |archivedate=4 June 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Australian government sent further groups of asylum-seekers to Nauru in late 2006 and early 2007.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 February 2007 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-02-12/nauru-detention-centre-costs-2m-per-month/2193118 |title=Nauru detention centre costs $2m per month |work=ABC News |accessdate=12 February 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511080101/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-02-12/nauru-detention-centre-costs-2m-per-month/2193118 |archivedate=11 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The refugee centre was closed in 2008,<ref name="state" /> but, following the Australian government's re-adoption of the Pacific Solution in August 2012, it has re-opened it.<ref name="SBS World News">{{cite news |date=16 August 2012 |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/follow-fraser-not-howard-senate-told/story-e6freuz0-1226451582312 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |title=Asylum bill passes parliament |accessdate=18 August 2012 |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603054151/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/follow-fraser-not-howard-senate-told/story-e6freuz0-1226451582312 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] has since described the conditions of the refugees of war living in Nauru as a "horror",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/08/australia-cruel-fate-of-refugees-forsaken-on-nauru/ |title='It's better to die from one bullet than being slowly killed every day' – refugees forsaken on Nauru |website=Amnesty International |date=4 August 2016 |accessdate=6 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808040136/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/08/australia-cruel-fate-of-refugees-forsaken-on-nauru/ |archivedate=8 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Life for asylum seekers in Australia's 'Pacific Gulag' on Nauru |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2163692/life-asylum-seekers-australias-pacific-gulag-nauru |accessdate=20 September 2018 |work=South China Morning Post (SCMP) |agency=Agence France-Presse (AFP) |date=11 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195822/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2163692/life-asylum-seekers-australias-pacific-gulag-nauru |archivedate=20 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> with reports of children as young as eight attempting [[suicide]] and engaging in acts of self-harm.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Virginia |title=Nauru refugees: The island where children have given up on life |work=BBC News |date=31 August 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45327058 |accessdate=16 February 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142322/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45327058 |archivedate=17 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the situation gained attention as a "mental health crisis", with an estimated thirty children suffering from traumatic withdrawal syndrome, also known as [[resignation syndrome]].<ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/five-years-on-nauru/ |title=Five years on Nauru |date=16 February 2019 |website=Reveal |language=en |accessdate=31 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331115539/https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/five-years-on-nauru/ |archivedate=31 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> By the middle of 2023, the camp was finally totally emptied for the first time since it opened, with 4183 people having been detained there since it opened in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-02 |title=Nauru: Why Australia is funding an empty detention centre |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66027565 |access-date=2024-08-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2024 a few dozen refugees were again being held there while their claims are being processed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newly detained asylum seekers' desperation in Nauru: 'We are scared' |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/newly-detained-asylum-seekers-desperation-in-nauru-we-are-scared/tfqmrqnt6 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref>

=== Administrative divisions ===<!--Linked-->
{{See also|List of settlements in Nauru}}
[[File:Nauru-districts-fr.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|Map of Nauru showing its districts]]

Nauru is divided into fourteen administrative districts, which are grouped into [[constituencies of Nauru|eight electoral constituencies]] and are further divided into villages.<ref name="state"/><ref name="CIA"/> The most populous district is [[Denigomodu District|Denigomodu]], with 1,804 residents, of which 1,497 reside in a Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation settlement called "Location". The following table shows population by district according to the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Nauru.html |title=Nauru—The population of the districts of the Republic of Nauru |publisher=City Population |year=2011 |accessdate=10 June 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230559/http://www.citypopulation.de/Nauru.html |archivedate=23 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{| 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe6"
! No. || District || Former<br />name || Area<br />([[hectare|ha]]) || Population<br />(2011) || No. of<br />villages || Density<br />(persons/ha)
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 1 || [[Aiwo District|Aiwo]] || Aiue || style="text-align:right;"| 110 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,220 || style="text-align:right;"| 8 || style="text-align:right;"| 11.1
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 2 || [[Anabar District|Anabar]] || Anebwor || style="text-align:right;"| 150 || style="text-align:right;"| 452 || style="text-align:right;"| 15 || style="text-align:right;"| 3.0
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 3 || [[Anetan District|Anetan]] || Añetañ || style="text-align:right;"| 100 || style="text-align:right;"| 587 || style="text-align:right;"| 12 || style="text-align:right;"| 5.9
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 4 || [[Anibare District|Anibare]] || Anybody || style="text-align:right;"| 310 || style="text-align:right;"| 226 || style="text-align:right;"| 17 || style="text-align:right;"| 0.7
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 5 || [[Baiti District|Baitsi]] || Beidi, Baiti || style="text-align:right;"| 120 || style="text-align:right;"| 513 || style="text-align:right;"| 15 || style="text-align:right;"| 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 6 || [[Boe District|Boe]] || Boi || style="text-align:right;"| 50 || style="text-align:right;"| 851 || style="text-align:right;"| 4 || style="text-align:right;"| 17.0
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 7 || [[Buada District|Buada]] || Arenibok || style="text-align:right;"| 260 || style="text-align:right;"| 739 || style="text-align:right;"| 14 || style="text-align:right;"| 2.8
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 8 || [[Denigomodu District|Denigomodu]] || Denikomotu || style="text-align:right;"| 118 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,804 || style="text-align:right;"| 17 || style="text-align:right;"| 15.3
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 9 || [[Ewa District, Nauru|Ewa]] || Eoa || style="text-align:right;"| 120 || style="text-align:right;"| 446 || style="text-align:right;"| 12 || style="text-align:right;"| 3.7
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 10 || [[Ijuw District|Ijuw]] || Ijub || style="text-align:right;"| 110 || style="text-align:right;"| 178 || style="text-align:right;"| 13 || style="text-align:right;"| 1.6
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| 11 || [[Meneng District|Meneng]] || Meneñ || style="text-align:right;"| 310 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,380 || style="text-align:right;"| 18 || style="text-align:right;"| 4.5
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| style="text-align:right;"| 12 || [[Nibok District|Nibok]] || Ennibeck || style="text-align:right;"| 160 || style="text-align:right;"| 484 || style="text-align:right;"| 11 || style="text-align:right;"| 3.0
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| style="text-align:right;"| 13 || [[Uaboe District|Uaboe]] || Ueboi || style="text-align:right;"| 80 || style="text-align:right;"| 318 || style="text-align:right;"| 6 || style="text-align:right;"| 3.0
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| style="text-align:right;"| 14 || [[Yaren District|Yaren]] || Moqua || style="text-align:right;"| 150 || style="text-align:right;"| 747 || style="text-align:right;"| 7 || style="text-align:right;"| 4.0
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| style="text-align:right;"| – || '''Nauru''' || Naoero || style="text-align:right;"| 2,120 || style="text-align:right;"| 10,084 || style="text-align:right;"| 169 || style="text-align:right;"| 4.8
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