Ijuw
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Ijuw is a district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

 in the country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

 Nauru
Nauru
Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...

, located in the north-east region of the island.

Location and features

It borders district Anabar to the north and Anibare to the south. Ijuw is a part of the constituency Anabar.

Cape Ijuw is the northernmost point of Anibare Bay
Anibare Bay
Anibare Bay is a large bay located in the Anibare District of eastern Nauru island.-Physical features:It is bordered by capes to the north and south, in Ijuw and Meneng districts respectively.Its Anibare Beach is in excess of two kilometers long....

 and the easternmost point of Nauru. Two former villages of Ijuw and Ganokoro are located in this district.

Population

It has a population of 180m, making Ijuw to be among the smallest of the least populated districts in the country.

See also

  • Districts of Nauru
    Districts of Nauru
    ||There are 14 districts in the Republic of Nauru. Each one consists of a number of traditional villages, many of which are uninhabited or destroyed nowadays.-See also:*List of cities in Nauru*ISO 3166-2:NR...


  • Anibare Bay#Physical features
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