Tuvalu

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Polynesian country island country sovereign state

Tuvalu is a small Polynesian island nation in the Pacific Ocean known for its low-lying atolls, vulnerability to sea-level rise, and status as one of the world’s least populous countries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tuvaluan 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian country ⓘ
island country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
areaSquareKilometres 26 ⓘ
callingCode +688 ⓘ
capital Funafuti ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
currency Australian dollar ⓘ
Tuvaluan dollar ⓘ
drivesOn left ⓘ
export copra ⓘ
fish ⓘ
formerColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
geographicalFeature atoll ⓘ
reef island ⓘ
governmentType unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Tuvalu ⓘ
headOfState Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III
highestPoint approximately 5 metres above sea level ⓘ
independenceDate 1978-10-01 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD .tv ⓘ
largestCity Funafuti ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Tuvalu ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
lowestPoint sea level ⓘ
memberOf Asian Development Bank ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
Pacific Islands Forum ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
nationalSport football ⓘ
numberOfIslands 9 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Tuvalu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tuvaluan
populationRank one of the least populous countries in the world ⓘ
previousEntity Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form: Gilbert and Ellice Islands
regionalOrganization Pacific Community ⓘ
regionalSea Pacific Ocean ⓘ
religionMajority Christianity ⓘ
revenueSource .tv domain licensing ⓘ
fishing licenses ⓘ
foreign aid ⓘ
remittances ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
vulnerableTo climate change ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Pacific → contains → Tuvalu ⓘ
Oceania → containsCountry → Tuvalu ⓘ
Polynesia → containsCountry → Tuvalu ⓘ
Queen of Tuvalu → country → Tuvalu ⓘ
Nauruan → hasLoanwordsFrom → Tuvalu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tuvaluan
PIF → hasMember → Tuvalu ⓘ
subject surface form: Pacific Islands Forum
this entity surface form: Tuvaluan
Pacific Islands → hasPart → Tuvalu ⓘ
Polynesia → hasPart → Tuvalu ⓘ
Elizabeth II → monarchOf → Tuvalu ⓘ
Tuvalu → officialLanguage → Tuvalu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tuvaluan
Fiji Airways → servesCountry → Tuvalu ⓘ
Kiribati language → spokenIn → Tuvalu ⓘ