es - mobile cellular:

1,500 (2002)

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate local and international radiotelephone
communication provided via Australian facilities
domestic: NA
international: country code - 674; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

7,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1997)

Televisions:

500 (1997)

Internet country code:

.nr

Internet hosts:

42 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

300 (2002)

Transportation
Nauru

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 24 km
paved: 24 km (2002)

Ports and terminals:

Nauru

Military
Nauru

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 3,470 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 173
female: 159 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

NA

Military - note:

Nauru maintains no defense forces; under an informal agreement,
defense is the responsibility of Australia

Transnational Issues
Nauru

Disputes - international:

none

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Navassa Island

Introduction
Navassa Island

Background:

This uninhabited island was claimed by the US in 1857 for its guano.
Mining took place between 1865 and 1898. The lighthouse, built in
1917, was shut down in 1996 and administration of Navassa Island
transferred from the Coast Guard to the Department of the Interior.
A 1998 scientific expedition to the island described it as a unique
preserve of Caribbean biodiversity; the following year it became a
National Wildlife Refuge and annual scientific expeditions have
continued.

Geography
Navassa Island

Location:

Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles west of Tiburon
Peninsula of Haiti

Geographic coordinates:

18 25 N, 75 02 W

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

total: 5.4 sq km
land: 5.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative:

about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline: