Vanuatu

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Vanuatu (Inglis Listeni/ˌvɑːnˈɑːt/ vah-noo-AH-too or /vænˈwɑːt/ van-WAH-too; Bislama IPA: [vanuaˈtu]) is a kintra in the Paceefic Ocean. It haes a population o aboot 210,000, an its caipital ceety is Port Vila.

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Republic o Vanuatu

  • Ripablik blong Vanuatu  (Bislama)
  • République de Vanuatu  (French)
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Coat o airms
Motto: "Long God yumi stanap" (Bislama)
"In God we staund"[1][2]
Anthem: Yumi, Yumi, Yumi  (Bislama)
We, We, We
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Caipital
and largest city
Port Vila
Offeecial leids
Ethnic groups
(1999)
  • 98.5% Ni-Vanuatu
  • 1.5% others
Demonym(s)Ni-Vanuatu
GovrenmentUnitar pairlamentar republic
 Preses
Tallis Obed Moses
 Prime Meenister
Bob Loughman
LegislaturParliament
Unthirldom
 frae Fraunce an the Unitit Kinrick
30 Julie 1980
Aurie
 Total
12,189 km2 (4,706 sq mi) (157th)
Population
 2016 estimate
270,402[3]
 2016 census
272,459[4]
 Density
19.7/km2 (51.0/sq mi) (188t)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
 Total
$723 million[5]
 Per capita
$2,631[5]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
 Tot
$773 million[5]
 Per capita
$2,814[5]
Gini (2010)37.2[6]
medium
HDI (2015) 0.597[7]
medium · 134th
CurrencyVanuatu vatu (VUV)
Time zoneUTC+11 (VUT (Vanuatu Time))
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+678
ISO 3166 codeVU
Internet TLD.vu
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Vanuatu is a pairlamentary democracy. The Preses o the Republic is Iolu Johnson Abil the nou. Sato Kilman is the current Prime Meenister.

Early History

Vanuatu haes been peoplit in the Melanesia migrations, frae 45 000 tae 1 500 (Lapita) aff. J.-C. The today-fowks o Vanuatu come frae an auncient mix o different fowks (as group o men an wummen). The Oceanic leids o these fowks seem tae say that thay're like Indonesians fowks or Polynesian anes.

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