Republic of Vanuatu | |
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| Capital and largest city | Port Vila Coordinates: 17°S 168°E / 17°S 168°E |
| Official languages | |
| Ethnic groups (1999) |
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| Demonym(s) | Ni-Vanuatu and Vanuatuan |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
| Tallis Obed Moses | |
| Bob Loughman | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Independence | |
• from France and the United Kingdom | 30 July 1980 |
| 15 September 1981 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 12,189 km2 (4,706 sq mi) (157th) |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 304,500[citation needed] (181st) |
• 2016 census | 272,459[3] |
• Density | 19.7/km2 (51.0/sq mi) (188th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $820 million[4] (178th) |
• Per capita | $2,850[4] (155th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $957 million[4] (175th) |
• Per capita | $3,327[4] (124th) |
| Gini (2010) | 37.6[5] medium |
| HDI (2018) |  0.597[6]medium · 141st |
| Currency | Vanuatu vatu (VUV) |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (VUT (Vanuatu Time)) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +678 |
| ISO 3166 code | VU |
| Internet TLD | .vu |
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Vanuatu
Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Pacific island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia, 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji.