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Vanuatu
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| Ripablik blong Vanuatu République du Vanuatu Republic of Vanuatu | |||||
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| Motto: "In God we stand" | |||||
| Anthem: Yumi, Yumi, Yumi | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Port Vila | ||||
| Official languages | Bislama, English, French | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| - President | Kalkot Mataskelekele | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Ham Lini | ||||
| Independence | from France and the UK | ||||
| - Date | 30 July 1980 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 12,189 km² (161st) 4,706 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | negligible | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 211,000 (183rd) | ||||
| - Density | 17 /km² (188th) 44 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $726 million (175th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $3,346 (121st) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.670 (medium) (119th) | ||||
| Currency | Vanuatu vatu (VUV) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .vu | ||||
| Calling code | +678 | ||||
Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km (1090 mi) east of Australia, 500 km (310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands.
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. Europeans began to settle in the area in the late 18th century and in 1906 Britain and France officially claimed the country, jointly managing it through a British-French Condominium as the New Hebrides. An independence movement was established in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.