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Entity :
Vanuatu
Main prefix :
YJ
Time zone :
+11 h
Continent :
Australia and Oceania
Vanuatu
Vanuatu - contains of following DXCC entities:
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Flag description
Two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele leaves, all in yellow
Vanuatu
Capital:
Port-Vila
Administrative divisions:
6 provinces: Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, and Torba.
Population:
196,178 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
three official languages: English, French, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama), plus more than 100 local languages
Geographic coordinates:
16° 00' S, 167° 00' E
Area total:
12,200 sq. km includes more than 80 islands
Land area:
12,200 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
2,528 km
Elevation extremes:
Pacific Ocean 0 m - Tabwemasana 1,877 m
Internet country code:
.vu
Currency:
vatu (VUV)
Name - conventional long form:
Republic of Vanuatu
Name - conventional short form:
Vanuatu
Former name:
New Hebrides
Independence:
30 July 1980 (from France and UK)
Constitution:
30 July 1980
Government type:
parliamentary republic
National holiday:
Independence Day, 30 July (1980)