Vanuatu

Summary

Vanuatu is a sovereign state^[1]. Vanuatu draws 10,284 Wikipedia views per month (sovereign_state category, ranking #105 of 197).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vanuatu was a member of United Nations^[3].
• Vanuatu was a member of Commonwealth of Nations^[4].
• Vanuatu was a member of World Trade Organization^[5].
• Vanuatu was a member of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development^[6].
• Vanuatu was a member of International Development Association^[7].
• Vanuatu was a member of International Finance Corporation^[8].
• Vanuatu is in the country of Vanuatu^[9].
• Vanuatu's head of government is recorded as Bob Loughman^[10].
• Vanuatu is on the continent of Insular Oceania^[11].
• Vanuatu's instance of is recorded as sovereign state^[12].
• Vanuatu's instance of is recorded as island country^[13].
• Vanuatu's instance of is recorded as country^[14].
• Vanuatu's instance of is recorded as archipelagic state^[15].
• Vanuatu's head of state is recorded as Nikenike Vurobaravu^[16].
• Vanuatu's capital is recorded as Port Vila^[17].
• Vanuatu's official language is recorded as Bislama^[18].
• Vanuatu's official language is recorded as French^[19].
• Vanuatu's official language is recorded as English^[20].
• Vanuatu's currency is recorded as Vanuatu vatus^[21].
• Vanuatu's shares border with is recorded as Australia^[22].
• Vanuatu's shares border with is recorded as Solomon Islands^[23].
• Vanuatu's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .vu^[24].
• Vanuatu's anthem is recorded as Yumi, Yumi^[25].
• Vanuatu's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Malampa^[26].
• Vanuatu's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Penama^[27].

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Geography

Vanuatu is in the country of Vanuatu^[9]. Vanuatu is on the continent of Insular Oceania^[11]. Part of include Melanesia^[28], a region^[29], in Fiji^[30] and European Union tax haven blacklist^[31], a blacklist^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include sovereign state^[12], island country^[13], country^[14], and archipelagic state^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Vanuatu include ni-Vanuatu^[33], a human population^[34] and Iconaster vanuatuensis^[35], a taxon^[36].

Why It Matters

Vanuatu draws 10,284 Wikipedia views per month (sovereign_state category, ranking #105 of 197).^[2] Vanuatu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Vanuatu is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Vanuatu include ni-Vanuatu^[33], a human population^[34] and Iconaster vanuatuensis^[35], a taxon^[36].