Flag of Nauru
Officially Republic of Nauru
Locally Naoero
What the flag looks like
A dark blue field divided by a narrow yellow horizontal stripe across the middle, with a white twelve-pointed star below the stripe near the hoist.
What it means
The yellow stripe is the equator and the star marks Nauru's position just south of it; the star's twelve points stand for the island's twelve original tribes.
How to remember it
A thin yellow equator line with a twelve-pointed star just below it: Nauru
sits just south of the equator, exactly where the star is.
Fun facts
- The flag was adopted on independence day, 31 January 1968.
- At about 21 km², Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world, after Vatican City and Monaco.
- Nauru has no official capital; government offices are in the district of Yaren.
Nauru at a glance
- Capital
- Yaren (de facto)
- Region
- Micronesia
- Population
- 11,947
- Area
- 21 km²
- Languages
- English, Nauru
- Currency
- Australian dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1968