Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Roman Catholic 33.2%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%, other 14.1%, none 4.5%, unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
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Location
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
21 km sq
27,830 km sq
Coastline
30 km
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Climate
tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)
