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Online Gazetteers

 * Nauru FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Industries In Nauru at World Atlas
 * Demographics of Nauru at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Nauru at FallingRain
 * Districts & Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts at City Population
 * Education in Nauru at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Nauru at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Nauru at Places in the world
 * Geography of Nauru at Wikipedia
 * List of Nauru Locations at Geo Names
 * Maps Of Nauru at World Atlas
 * Nauru Factbook at CIA World Factbook
 * Outline of Nauru at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Nauru at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Nauru at World Atlas

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Fiji, Tonga, and Nauru, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States, United States Board on Geographic Names, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, 1974
 * Southwest Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Geography, 1957

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)