right|210px|thumb|A map of Nauru showing districts, and the current main villages

thumb|Nauru's location

The Republic of Nauru originally consisted of 169 villages; by 1900 these were already partly abandoned, uninhabited or destroyed. With the increasing population growth the single villages merged into a single connected settlement, which today is spread out around the entire coastal strip.

The village names are from the book Nauru - Ergebnisse der Südseeexpedition by Paul Hambruch, who researched on the island during the Hamburger Südsee-Expedition 1908–1910. The village names were changed following the orthographic reform of the Nauruan language of 1939.

page=86|thumb|Nauru - Ergebnisse der Südseeexpedition, Vol. 1, p. 59 – 62

List

{| class="sortable wikitable"

! style="width:20em" | Name of village

! style="width:15em" | District

|-

| Abab || Ewa

|-

| Abwaw || Buada

|-

| Adibor || Anabar

|-

| Adwongeo || Ijuw

|-

| Adreyi || Anibare

|-

| Adrurior || Baitsi

|-

| Adungidungur || Buada

|-

| Aeibur || Anabar

|-

| Aeonun || Baitsi

|-

| Agabwe || Anibare

|-

| Aiburi || Ewa

|-

| Aioe || Denigomodu

|-

| Aiwo ||Aiwo

|-

| Amet || Uaboe

|-

| Anabar || Anibare

|-

| Anabaredi || Meneng

|-

| Anakawida || Baitsi

|-

| Anakawidua || Anibare

|-

| Anakawiduwa || Nibok

|-

| Anakawidwo || Buada

|-

| Anamangidrin || Boe

|-

| Anapodu || Denigomodu

|-

| Anatip || Denigomodu

|-

| Anawe || Meneng

|-

| Anebenok || Ijuw

|-

| Anebweyan || Anetan

|-

| Anera || Anibare

|-

| Anerowe || Denigomodu

|-

| Angoweang || Nibok

|-

| Anibawo || Denigomodu

|-

| Anigobwi || Yaren

|-

| Anitobu || Anibare

|-

| Aniwen || Meneng

|-

| Anna || Ewa

|-

| Anoreo ||Buada

|-

| Anut ||Baitsi

|-

| Anuuroya || Anetan

|-

| Anwer || Ewa

|-

| Ara || Buada

|-

| Araji || Meneng

|-

| Aramen || Ewa

|-

| Araro || Anabar

|-

| Areb || Anabar

|-

| Arenibek || Buada

|-

| Aribimomo || Meneng

|-

| Aribeang || Anibare

|-

| Aribweabwe || Aiwo

|-

| Ariyeyen || Denigomodu

|-

| Aromwemwe || Buada

|-

| Aro || Ijuw

|-

| Arubo || Ewa

|-

| Arwango || Meneng

|-

| Atabwagabap || Meneng

|-

| Atae || Meneng

|-

| Ataneu || Baitsi

|-

| Ataro || Meneng

|-

| Ate || Anibare

|-

| Atebar || Anabar

|-

| Atedi || Anetan

|-

| Atibuyinor || Anabar

|-

| Atirabu || Baitsi

|-

| Atomo || Yaren

|-

| Atowedudu || Meneng

|-

| Atowong || Anabar

|-

| Atsiyeiubar || Meneng

|-

| Atubwinumar || Boe

|-

| Atumurumur || Denigomodu

|-

| Autibwere || Ewa

|-

| Awidayungiyung || Meneng

|-

| Badi || Meneng

|-

| Bagabap || Meneng

|-

| Bagetareor || Anabar

|-

| Baitsi || Baitsi

|-

| Bangabanga || Buada

|-

| Biteye || Boe

|-

| Bodeadi || Anabar

|-

| Bogemaru || Ijuw

|-

| Bogi || Buada

|-

| Boneda || Anibare

|-

| Boreboren || Ewa

|-

| Bowagae || Denigomodu

|-

| Butimangum || Denigomodu

|-

| Bwaterangerang || Denigomodu

|-

| Bweranibek || Anibare

|-

| Bwerigi || Denigomodu

|-

| Bweteboe || Anibare

|-

| Bweteoaru || Anibare

|-

| Bwidin || Uaboe

|-

| Daubugingarawa || Nibok

|-

| Deradae || Baitsi

|-

| Eanuawirieria || Buada

|-

| Eatabwerik || Ijuw

|-

| Eatamebure || Ijuw

|-

| Eatebibido || Anetan

|-

| Eatedeta || Anetan

|-

| Eatedogi || Anibare

|-

| Eateduna || Anetan

|-

| Eateegoba || Buada

|-

| Eateneno || Denigomodu

|-

| Eateragabe || Nibok

|-

| Eaterienago || Aiwo

|-

| Eaterieri || Anabar

|-

| Eatibwer || Ijuw

|-

| Eatoborowada || Aiwo

|-

| Eatobwadae || Nibok

|-

| Edet || Nibok

|-

| Edet || Uaboe

|-

| Etabae ||Nibok

|-

| Etamor || Anibare

|-

| Etur || Ijuw

|-

| Era || Meneng

|-

| Ewa ||Ewa

|-

| Gabab ||Aiwo

|-

| Ganoko || Nibok

|-

| Ganokoro || Ijuw

|-

| Gene || Anibare

|-

| Kareeub || Boe

|-

| Kawinanut || Anibare

|-

| Kibepe || Yaren

|-

| Mangadab || Baitsi

|-

| Marerawua || Ewa

|-

| Medang ||Ewa

|-

| Mediteru || Anetan

|-

| Mererawua || Anetan

|-

| Mereren || Baitsi

|-

| Merubo || Anibare

|-

| Meure || Yaren

|-

| Miage || Nibok

|-

| Mwea || Anetan

|-

| Mweoen || Uaboe

|-

| Ngengan || Anetan

|-

| Oreb || Buada

|-

| Orro || Aiwo

|-

| Redeta || Buada

|-

| Ronawi || Anetan

|-

| Ruebe || Denigomodu

|-

| Tarawoa || Denigomodu

|-

| Tebata || Aiwo

|-

| Tieniben ||Ijuw

|-

| Tsigamei || Aiwo

|-

| Uaboe || Uaboe

|-

| Ubweno ||Buada

|-

| Umaruru || Baitsi

|-

| Urigomagom || Ijuw

|-

| Webwebin || Buada

|-

| Wengom || Nibok

|-

| Weo || Meneng

|-

| Wereda || Anabar

|-

| Yangor ||Denigomodu

|-

| Yanmwitebwiyeye || Anibare

|-

| Yaranemat || Denigomodu

|-

| Yaren ||Yaren

|-

| Yatabang ||Baitsi

|-

| Yaterangia || Anabar

|-

| Yedwen || Nibok

|-

| Yoe || Ewa

|-

| Yongin || Yaren

|-

| Yorangeb || Ewa

|-

| Yuwinengin || Anabar

|}

See also

  • Geography of Nauru