Vanuatu

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Vanuatu#

Vanuatu flag

Austronesian speakers from the Solomon Islands first settled Vanuatu around 2000 B.C.

Government type: parliamentary republic. Chief of state: President Nikenike VUROBARAVU (since 23 July 2022).

Facts#

Capital

Port-Vila (on Efate)

Region

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia

Area

total : 12,189 sq km; land: 12,189 sq km; water: 0 sq km

Population

318,007 (2024 est.)

Languages

indigenous languages (more than 100) 82.6%, Bislama (official; creole) 14.5%, English (official) 2.1%, French (official) 0.8% (2020 est.)

Currency

vatu (VUV)

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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