Independence Year : 1978
Population : 12000
Life Expectancy : 66.3
Capital : 3424
GNP : 6.00
GNP Old : 0.00
Local Name : Tuvalu
Government Form : Constitutional Monarchy
Location : Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Terrain : Very low lying and narrow coral atolls
Climate : Tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March-November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November-March).
Ethnic Group : Polynesians 96%, Micronesians 4%
Religions : Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%; Seventh-day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'I 1%, other 0.6%
Official Website :
www.spc.int/prism/country/tv/stats/
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General Information - Tuvalu
Background
The Western Pacific nation of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands consists of nine tiny coral atolls (26 sq km), home to about 12 000 people, its location is south of the equator and west of the dateline about midway between Hawaii and Australia. Tuvalu is one of the worlds smallest nations and unusual an independent state with the english monarch as head of state.
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