Vanuatu

E27996

Melanesian country island country sovereign state

Vanuatu is a Pacific island nation known for its diverse Melanesian culture, volcanic landscapes, and status as a small developing state vulnerable to climate change.

Aliases (4)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Melanesian country → island country → sovereign state →
callingCode	+678 →
capital	Port Vila →
climateVulnerability	high →
continent	Oceania →
currency	Vanuatu vatu →
currencyCode	VUV →
demonym	Ni-Vanuatu →
drivesOnThe	right →
ethnicGroup	Melanesians →
formerName	New Hebrides →
governmentType	unitary parliamentary republic →
hasActiveVolcano	Ambrym volcano → Mount Yasur →
hasCulturalPractice	land diving →
hasIsland	Ambrym → Efate → Epi → Erromango → Espiritu Santo → Malakula → Pentecost Island → Tanna →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of Vanuatu →
headOfStateTitle	President of Vanuatu →
independenceDate	1980-07-30 →
independenceFrom	France → United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.vu →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	VU →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	VUT →
isSmallIslandDevelopingState	true →
largestCity	Port Vila →
legalSystem	mixed legal system of English common law and French civil law →
legislature	Parliament of Vanuatu →
locatedIn	South Pacific Ocean →
mainReligion	Christianity →
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations → Melanesian Spearhead Group → Pacific Islands Forum → United Nations →
officialLanguage	Bislama → English → French →
primaryEconomicSector	agriculture → offshore financial services → tourism →
region	Melanesia →
timeZone	UTC+11 →
UNMemberState	true →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Melanesian Spearhead Group → Pacific Community → Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum →	hasMember
Coral Sea → southwest Pacific Ocean →	borders
South Pacific → South Pacific Ocean →	contains
Commonwealth of Nations → Western Pacific Region →	hasMemberState
Melanesia → Pacific Islands →	hasPart
Vanuatu languages → Western Oceanic languages →	spokenIn
Oceania →	containsCountry
Vanuatu ("Vanuatu vatu") →	currency
Vanuatu ("Ni-Vanuatu") →	demonym
Melanesia ("Vanuatu archipelago") →	hasArchipelago
Francophonie →	hasMajorMember
Member States of the United Nations ("Republic of Vanuatu") →	includes
Melanesia →	includesSovereignState
Coral Sea →	locatedWestOf
Melanesians →	majorPopulationIn
Solomon Islands →	neighboringCountry
French →	officialLanguageOf
Solomon Islands intervention (RAMSI) →	participatingCountry
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Fiji Airways →	servesCountry