Yaren District

Also known as Moqua, Makwa, Yaren

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Yaren is a district in the small Pacific island nation of Nauru, and it is notable for being the location of Nauru International Airport, the country's main airport facility. As a district containing critical infrastructure for the island nation, Yaren plays an important role in connecting Nauru to the rest of the world through air travel.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Yaren
Settlement.settlement_type: District
Settlement.image_skyline: Nauru Government.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Nauru government (left) and parliament (right) buildings
Settlement.image_map: Yaren in Nauru.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Yaren District within Nauru
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituency
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Yaren
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.5
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_total: 803
Settlement.population_density_km2: 498
Settlement.timezone: NRT
Settlement.utc_offset: +12:00
Settlement.elevation_m: 25
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Yaren
Country: Nauru
Located in: Yaren Constituency
Population: 747
Area: 1.5
Elevation: 25
Time zone: UTC+12:00
Body of water: Pacific Ocean
Head of government: Kieren Keke
Shares border with: Boe District
Image: Nauru-parliament.jpg
Dialing code: 674

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Commons category: Yaren
topic's main category: Category:Yaren District
native label: Yaren
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Contents

History
Geography
Climate
Administration
Government and administrative buildings
Constituency
Main sights
Education
Notable people
See also
Footnotes
References
External links

Yaren (in earlier times Makwa or Moqua) is a district of the Pacific island country of Nauru. It is the de facto capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency. Yaren is located on the southern coast of the island and is the location of Nauru's government offices.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yaren District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.