Situated some 41 kilometers south of the equator, the island has a population of less than 9,000--fewer than the number of students at Taipei's largest elementary school--and a land area of just 21 square kilometers. But because of its phosphate deposits, Nauru has become the richest nation in the South Pacific, with a per capita income of US $ 20,000.
諾魯﹘﹘這個距離赤道只有四十一公里，僅有八千多人﹘﹘比台北縣最大的秀朗國小學生數還少，就是以磷礦發跡。全島面積不過廿一平方公里，卻因磷礦而成為南太平洋最富有的國家，目前諾魯平均每人每年的國民所得已達二萬美元，比我國還高。