[1] The district, part of the constituency of Ubenide, covers an area of 1.18 km²,[citation needed] and has a population of 1,874,[1] making it the most populous of the fourteen Nauruan districts.

Also located in Denigomodu are: The primary and secondary schools serving all of Nauru are Yaren Primary School in Yaren District (years 1-3), Nauru Primary School in Meneng District (years 4-6), Nauru College in Denigomodu District (years 7-9), and Nauru Secondary School (years 10-12) in Yaren District.

[3] Nauru College opened as the Denigomodu School in January 2000 as part of the Rehabilitation and Development Cooperation Agreement between Australia and Nauru, agreed in August 1993.

As part of the agreement the governments decided to build Nauru College in March 1999.

Despite its relative wealth and size in comparison to Yaren, Denigomodu is not considered the central capital of Nauru.