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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