Vanuatu

Vanuatu

sovereign state, island country, country, archipelagic state

Part of	Melanesia, European Union tax haven blacklist
Inception	30 July 1980
Native label	Ripablik blong Vanuatu, République du Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, Vanuatu
Short name	🇻🇺
Official language	Bislama, French, English langwej
Anthem	Yumi, Yumi
Culture	culture of Vanuatu
Motto text	Long God yumi stanap, In God we stand, С Бог удържаме, Safwn Gyda Duw
Continent	Insular Oceania
Kontri	Vanuatu
Capital	Port Vila
Located in time zone	UTC+11:00, Pacific/Efate
Coordinate location	16°38′0″S 168°1′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	19°30′47″S 170°14′18″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	13°4′21″S 166°32′48″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	20°15′7″S 169°51′6″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	13°8′0″S 166°34′0″E
Highest point	Mount Tabwemasana
Lowest point	Pacific Ocean
Office held by head of state	President of Vanuatu
Head of state	Nikenike Vurobaravu
Office held by head of government	Prime Minister of Vanuatu
Head of government	Bob Loughman
Legislative body	Parliament of Vanuatu
Central bank	Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
Currency	Vanuatu vatus
Shares border with	Ostrelia, Solomon Islands
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	BS 1363, AS/NZS 3112, Europlug
Bifor am	New Hebrides
Replaces	Q99868017, New Hebrides
Significant event	Vanuatu's independance
Official website	https://www.gov.vu/
Hashtag	Vanuatu
Top-level Internet domain	.vu
Flag	Flag of Vanuatu
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Vanuatu
Geography of topic	geography of Vanuatu
Has characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of Vanuatu
Economy of topic	economy of Vanuatu
Demographics of topic	demographics of Vanuatu
Mobile country code	451
Country calling code	+678
Emergency phone number	112, 11, 113
Maritime identification digits	576, 577
Unicode character	🇻🇺
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Vanuatu

Vanuatu (English: /ˌvɑːnuˈɑːtuː/ ⓘ VAH-noo-AH-too or /vænˈwɑːtuː/ van-WAH-too;    ), ofishali di Repoblik of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu; Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), bi wan ailand kontri for Melanesia, for di Saut Pacifik Ocean. Di achipelago, wey bi of volkanik origin, dey 1,750 km (1,090 mi) eas of nortan Austrelia, 540 km (340 mi) norteas of Niu Kaledonia, eas of Niu Guinea, sauteas of Solomon ailands, and wes of Fiji.

Na Melanesian pipo fes inhabit Vanuatu. Di fes Europians wey visit di ailands wu a Spanish expedishon wey Portugees navigetor Fernandes de Queirós, wey araiv for di lajes ailand, Espíritu Santo, for 1606 dey lead. Queirós been klaim di achipelago for Spain, as pat of di kolonial Spanish Eas Indis and nem am La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo.

For di 1880s, Frans and di Unaited Kingdom klaim pats of di achipelago, and for 1906, dem agree on a fraimwok to jointli manaij di achipelago as di Niu Hebrides thru wan Anglo-French kondominium.

An independens muvment araiz for di 1970s, and di Repoblik of Vanuatu dey faunded for 1980. Since independens, di kontri don bikom a memba of di Unaited Neshons, Komonwealt of Neshons, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and di Pacifik Aiands Forum.

Etimoloji

Vanuatu nem dey deraiv from di wod vanua ("land" or "hom"),[9] wey okor for several Austronesian langwejis, kombain wit di wod tu, wey mean "to stand" (from POc *tuqur). Togeda, di tuw wods dey konvei di independent status of di kontri.