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Vanuatu | History, People, & Location | Britannica
Jan 27, 2025 · Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of a chain of 13 principal and many smaller islands located about 500 miles (800 km) west of Fiji and 1,100 …
Vanuatu - Wikipedia
Vanuatu is a Y-shaped archipelago consisting of about 83 relatively small, geologically newer islands of volcanic origin (65 of them inhabited), with about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) between …
Vanuatu - The World Factbook
Jan 18, 2025 · Austronesian speakers from the Solomon Islands first settled Vanuatu around 2000 B.C. By around 1000, localized chieftain systems began to develop on the islands. …
23 Interesting Facts about Vanuatu - The Facts Institute
Aug 7, 2024 · Interesting facts about Vanuatu. 1. Vanuatu is a country in Oceania made up of 83 islands, of which around 65 are inhabited. 2. It is believed the first inhabitants of Vanuatu were …
Vanuatu - The World Factbook
Dec 12, 2023 · Vanuatu was first settled around 2000 B.C. by Austronesian speakers from Solomon Islands. By around 1000, localized chieftain systems began to develop on the …
About Vanuatu - Gov
The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km east of Australia, 500 km north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji …
Vanuatu - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vanuatu is an island archipelago. It has about 82 small islands. The islands were made from volcanoes. People live on 65 of the islands. There is about 800 miles (1,300 km) north to south …
Vanuatu country profile - BBC News
Oct 27, 2023 · Vanuatu, a string of more than 80 islands once known as the New Hebrides, achieved independence from France and Britain in 1980. Most of the islands are inhabited; …
Vanuatu - Country Profile - Nations Online Project
The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Caledonia, east of Australia and west of Fiji. The Y-shaped chain of fourteen main islands …
Vanuatu - The World Factbook
Dec 20, 2021 · Vanuatu was first settled around 2000 B.C. by Austronesian speakers from Solomon Islands. By around 1000, localized chieftain systems began to develop on the …