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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vanuatu:

The Republic of Vanuatu is a sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean.^[1] The Vanuatu Archipelago is some 1,750 kilometres (1,087 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 km (310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is of volcanic origin.

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 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.

General reference

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Vanuatu
Official English country name: The Republic of Vanuatu
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Ni-Vanuatu, Vanuatuan
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Vanuatu
ISO country codes: VU, VUT, 548
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:VU
Internet country code top-level domain: .vu

Geography of Vanuatu

Vanuatu is: a country
Location:
- Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Oceania
  - Melanesia
- Time zone: UTC+11
- Extreme points of Vanuatu
  - High: Mount Tabwemasana on Espiritu Santo 1,877 m (6,158 ft)
  - Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 2,528 km
Population of Vanuatu: 226,000 - 176th most populous country
Area of Vanuatu: 12,189 km²
Atlas of Vanuatu

Environment of Vanuatu

Natural geographic features of Vanuatu

Regions of Vanuatu

Ecoregions of Vanuatu

Administrative divisions of Vanuatu

Provinces of Vanuatu

Provinces of Vanuatu

Demography of Vanuatu

Government and politics of Vanuatu

Main article: Government of Vanuatu and Politics of Vanuatu

Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic republic
Capital of Vanuatu: Port Vila

Branches of the government of Vanuatu

Foreign relations of Vanuatu

International organization membership

The Republic of Vanuatu is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Commonwealth of Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 77 (G77)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (Sparteca)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Vanuatu

Military of Vanuatu

Vanuatu has no military per se. The Vanuatu Mobile Force is a paramilitary force within the police force.^[2]

Local government in Vanuatu

History of Vanuatu

Main article: History of Vanuatu, Timeline of the history of Vanuatu, and Current events of Vanuatu

Military history of Vanuatu

Culture of Vanuatu

Art in Vanuatu

Sports in Vanuatu

Economy and infrastructure of Vanuatu

Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 178th (one hundred and seventy eighth)

Currency of Vanuatu: Vatu
- ISO 4217: VUV

Vanuatu Stock Exchange

Education in Vanuatu

Infrastructure of Vanuatu

References

^ ^a ^b "Vanuatu". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
^ Miranda Forsyth, A bird that flies with two wings : the kastom and state justice systems in Vanuatu, Australian National University Press

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Vanuatu

Interactive maps of Vanuatu
Republic of Vanuatu government
Vanuatu National Tourism Office
"In pictures: Vanuatu volcano". BBC News. 2005-12-08. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
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[CIA_World_Factbook-1] "Vanuatu". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

[2] Miranda Forsyth, A bird that flies with two wings : the kastom and state justice systems in Vanuatu, Australian National University Press

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