Nauru Island is an island located in the western Pacific Ocean in Micronesia. The name of the island most likely came from the Nauruan word “Naoero”, which is an abbreviation of the expression “a-nuau-a-a-ororo”, translated into Russian literally as “I’m going to the seashore”.
The area of the island of Nauru is just over 21 square kilometers. At the moment, the Republic of Nauru is located on the island of Nauru, which is the smallest republic on Earth.
At the moment, more than 10 thousand inhabitants live on the island of Nauru. Ethnically, almost all of them are considered Nauruans (Nauryans), the percentage of Fijians, Europeans, Chinese and Tunguruans is relatively small. The official languages on the island are English and Nauruan, belonging to the Micronesian language group.
The climate on the island of Nauru is classified by experts as monsoon equatorial, which means that it is almost always hot and humid here. Given the proximity of the equator, there are no temperature fluctuations depending on the time of year. The average annual temperature is approximately +28 °C, with daytime values from +27 °C to +35 °C and nighttime values from +22 °C to +28 °C. Sometimes the daily indicators on the island reach +39-41 ° C, then it becomes uncomfortable on the island at all, especially for visiting tourists. Precipitation on Nauru falls in the form of torrential tropical rains, and their average annual amount is approximately 2000-2500 millimeters. The rainy season on the island falls during the period from early November to mid-February, when the western monsoon blows. In the period from March to the end of October, winds blowing from the northeast dominate here. Sometimes tropical cyclones hit Nauru, which from time to time bring, in addition to heavy rains, also destructive winds.
You can arrive on the island of Nauru both by sea and by air. An international airport has been operating on the island off the coast in the Yaren District since 1982, receiving flights from the Solomon and Marshall Islands, Australia and New Zealand, as well as from the Republic of Kiribati. By sea, the island can be reached mainly by small yachts and ships due to the danger of coral reefs encircling the island. Tourists arriving on Nauru are accommodated either in the Main Hotel, the only hotel on the island, or in numerous private bungalows located off the coast. Tourists go to Nauru, first of all, for the sake of a beach holiday. The tourist infrastructure is almost completely absent here, which attracts extreme people here. Most of the beaches on the island are located in its southern and southwestern parts. There are two relatively large beaches with stunning white-pink coral sands, washed by transparent azure coastal ocean water, at the service of tourists.