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Nauru

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Table of Contents

Nauru - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

11 680 (2021) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

674

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

NR

Internet country code

NR

GRC Country Code

NAU

Nauru - Number format 

   Note: This section last updated 24th May 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

Nauru - Date and time formats

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   Note: This section last updated 24th May 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32

Nauru - Languages

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The official language, Nauruan External, is spoken by 6 000 people. English External is widely spoken as a second language.

Nauru - Address formats

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   Note: This section last updated 29th March 2020

Nauruan addresses have the format: 

   Recipient 
   [P.O. Box ] P.O. Box number 
   District 
   [NRU68]

For example:

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Deliveries are only to post office boxes.

Addresses written in a non-native language will be written in English. Nauru is split into 14 districts External, which form part of the address. The districts are: 

    Aiwo External
    Anabar External
    Anetan External
    Anibare External
    Baiti External
    Boe External
    Buada External
    Denigomodu External
    Ewa External
    Ijuw External
    Meneng External
    Nibok External
    Uaboe External
    Yaren External

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Nauru - Post office box

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This is written PO Box.

Nauru - Postal codes

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   Note: This section last updated 29th March 2020

Nauru introduced a single postal code, NRU68, to cover all addresses in the country, in 2019.

Nauru - Postal code format graphic

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Nauru - Postal code format

Nauru - Postal code specifics

Nauru - Postal code regular expression

\A(NRU68)\Z

Nauru - Postal code level of coverage

1

Nauru - Postal code map

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Nauru - Administrative districts

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Nauru has 14 districts, which form part of the address. These districts are listed above in the “Address formats” section.

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in Nauru

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Nauruan telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers commence with numbers in the range 555-559.

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/nauru/ External 20230802

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