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Vanuatu (Audio-IPAen-us-Vanuatu.ogg/?v??nu????tu?/ respellvah-nooAHtoo or IPA-en?v�n?w??tu? respellvanWAHtoo), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French (French language): R�publique de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some convert1750kmmi east of northern Australia, convert500kmmi northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.

Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. Europeans began to settle in the area in the late 18th century. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the country, and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through a British-French Condominium (Condominium (international law)). An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.

Native Name: ''Ripablik blong Vanuatu''spaces2bi icon,''R�publique de Vanuatu''spaces2fr icon

Conventional Long Name: Republic of Vanuatu

Common Name: Vanuatu

Image Flag: Flag of Vanuatu.svg

Image Coat: Coat_of_arms_of_Vanuatu.jpg

Symbol Type: Coat of arms

Image Map: Map OC-Melanesia Revised by Tom Emphasizing Vanuatu.PNG

National Motto: "Long God yumi stanap" (We stand with God)

National Anthem: ''Yumi, Yumi, Yumi'' ("We, We, We")

Official Languages: Bislama (Bislama language), English (English language), French (French language)

Demonym: Ni-Vanuatu; Vanuatuan

Capital: Port Vila

Latd: 17latm=45latNS=Slongd=168longm=18longEW=E

Largest City: Port Vila

Leader Title1: President (President of Vanuatu)

Leader Name1: Iolu Abil

Leader Title2: Prime Minister (Prime Minister of Vanuatu)

Leader Name2: Edward Natapei

Area Rank: 161st

Area Magnitude: 1 E10

Area Km2: 12,189

Area Sq Mi: convert12189km2sqmidisp=output number only

Population Census: 243,304cite paper url= title=2009 Census Household Listing Counts format=PDF publisher=Vanuatu National Statistics Office author= year=2009 accessdate= January 6, 2010

Population Density Km2: 19.7

Population Density Sq Mi: 51

Population Density Rank: 188th

Gdp Ppp: $1.141 billion

Gdp Ppp Per Capita: $4,737

Gdp Nominal: $635 million

Gdp Nominal Per Capita: $2,635

Established Event1: Date

Established Date1: 30 July 1980

Hdi: increase0.674

Hdi Rank: 120th

Hdi Category: medium

Currency: Vanuatu vatu

Currency Code: VUV

Time Zone: UTC+11

Utc Offset: +11

Drives On: right

Cctld: .vu

Calling Code: 678

source: wikipedia.org

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