Tuvalu#
Voyagers from either Samoa or Tonga first populated Tuvalu in the first millennium A.D., and the islands provided a stepping-stone for various Polynesian communities that subsequently settled in Melanesia and Micronesia.
Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm. Chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor General Tofiga Vaevalu FALANI (since 29 August 2021).
Facts#
Capital |
Funafuti |
Region |
Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way from Hawaii to Australia |
Area |
total : 26 sq km; land: 26 sq km; water: 0 sq km |
Population |
11,824 (2025 est.) |
Languages |
Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) |
Currency |
Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars (AUD) |
Time zone |
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ccTLD |
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Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
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