Nauru 

Key facts

POPULATION (Census 2002): 10,065
AREA: 21 sq km
CAPITAL: Yaren (de facto)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO GDP: -
CURRENCY: Australian dollar (AUD)
HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: President Marcus Stephan
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: republic
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: unicameral
STATE STRUCTURE: unitary
LANGUAGES: English and Nauruan (official).
NATIONAL ELECTIONS: last: 2010; turnout: - next: 2013
LOCAL ELECTIONS: There is no local government

Summary

Nauru is a democratic republic with no system of local government.

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