Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Roman Catholic 33.2%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%, other 14.1%, none 4.5%, unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)
Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census)
Languages
Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
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Location
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Area
21 km sq
28,896 km sq
Coastline
30 km
5,313 km
Climate
tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
