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Vanuatu

TafeaShefaMalampaSanmaPenamaTorbaTafeaShefaMalampaSanmaPenamaTorbaPacific Ocean
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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Austronesian speakers from the Solomon Islands first settled Vanuatu around 2000 B.C. By around 1000, localized chieftain systems began to develop on the islands. Around 1600, Melanesian Chief ROI MATA united some of the islands of modern-day Vanuatu under his rule. In 1606, a Portuguese explorer was the first European to see Vanuatu's Banks Islands and Espiritu Santo, setting up a short-lived settlement on the latter. The next European explorers arrived in the 1760s, and the islands -- then known as the New Hebrides -- were frequented by whalers in the 1800s.

Capital
Port-Vila (on Efate)
Government
parliamentary republic
Population
318,007
Area
12,189 sq km
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Climate
tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April;
Natural resources
manganese; hardwood forests; fish
Languages
indigenous languages (more than 100) 82.6%; Bislama (official; creole) 14.5%; English (official) 2.1%…
Religions
Protestant 39.9% (Presbyterian 27.2%; Seventh Day Adventist 14.8%; Anglican 12%; Churches of Christ 5%…
Independence
30 July 1980 (from France and the UK)
Administrative divisions
6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
Currency
vatu (VUV)
Export partners
Thailand 49%; Japan 19%; Cote d'Ivoire 10%; China 7%…
Import partners
China 26%; Australia 15%; Angola 11%; Fiji 9%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

6 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

NameTypeCode
TafeaProvinceVU-TAE
ShefaProvinceVU-SEE
MalampaProvinceVU-MAP
SanmaProvinceVU-SAM
PenamaProvinceVU-PAM
TorbaProvinceVU-TOB

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Currency
vatu (VUV)
Languages
indigenous languages (more than 100) 82.6%; Bislama (official; creole) 14.5%; English (official) 2.1%…
Government
parliamentary republic
Climate
tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April;

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