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Capital	Port-Vila
Government	parliamentary republic
Currency	vatu (VUV)
Area	12,200 km2
Population	196,178 (July 2002 est.)
Language	English, French, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) official; plus 100+ local languages
Religion	Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7% (including Jon Frum Cargo cult)
Calling Code	+678
Internet TLD	.vu
Time Zone	UTC+11

Vanuatu [1] (previously known as the New Hebrides Islands) is an archipelago nation consisting of 83 islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, north of New Zealand and east of Australia.

Regions

• Efate Island
• Espiritu Santo Island
• Tanna Island
• Pentecost Island
• Malekula Island
• Erromango Island

Cities

• Luganville
• Port-Vila - capital

Other destinations

Understand

History

The British and French who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980.

People

Climate

Holidays

Get in

By boat

Vanuatu's port cities are [Port-Vila]] and Santo.

By plane

An international airport is located in Port-Vila, with flights from Nadi in Fiji by Air Vanuatu [2] or Air Pacific [3]. Air Vanuatu also has flights to Port-Vila from Auckland, Sydney. and Brisbane.

Get around

Talk

English, French, a pidgin (Bislama) and over 100 local languages are spoken in Vanuatu. Knowledge of English and French is usually enough.

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