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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate ChangePub. date: 2008 | Online Pub. Date: April 25, 2008 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412963893 | Print ISBN: 9781412958783 | Online ISBN: 9781412963893| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.
About this encyclopediaNauru
Robin S. Corfield
THE REPUBLIC OF Nauru, located in the Pacific, has a land area of 8.1 sq. mi. (21.2 sq. km.), a population of 10,000 (2006 est.), and a population density of 1,608 people per sq. mi. (621 people per sq. km.). With very little arable land, Nauru is completely dependent on imported food and water. Naurumakes its money from the sale of phosphate, which has led to the destruction of much of the country, and The ...
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