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Encyclopedia: Tuvalu

Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji. Comprising 4 reef islands and 5 true atolls, with a total land area of just 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi), it is the second-least populated independent country in the world, Vatican City being the smallest. It is the smallest member by population of the United Nations.

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How to say "Tuvalu" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	圖瓦盧
	(Japanese)	ツバル
	(German)	Tuvalu
	(Spanish)	Tuvalu
	(French)	Tuvalu
	(Italian)	Tuvalu

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Tomasi Puapua

Sir Tomasi Puapua (born 1938) is a politician from the island nation of Tuvalu. He was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 1981-1989, and the governor-general of Tuvalu from 1998-2003...

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Queen of Tuvalu

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TV (disambiguation)

TV may stand for: Television Transvestite Tuvalu (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code; see .tv) The IATA code for Virgin Express...

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Foreign relations of Tuvalu

Tuvalu maintains an independent but generally pro-Western foreign policy. It maintains close... People's Republic of China; Taipei maintains the only resident embassy in Tuvalu and has a large assistance program in the islands. No U.S. diplomats are resident in Tuvalu, but U.S. diplomats based...

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Ionatana Ionatana

Ionatana Ionatana (1938? - December 8, 2000), Prime Minister of Tuvalu from April 27, 1999, to December 8, 2000. Ionatana served in the country's parliament from Tuvalu's independence in 1978 up to... Prime Minister and in his term oversaw Tuvalu's entry into the United Nations on September 5, 2000...

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Lagitupu Tuilimu

Lagitupu Tulimu is a politician from Tuvalu. He was acting prime minister of Tuvalu from the death of Ionatana Ionatana on December 8, 2000, until the election of Faimalaga Luka by parliament on February 24, 2001. He had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu when he became acting Prime Minister...

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Toaripi Lauti

Toaripi Lauti was born in 1928. He was the chief minister of Tuvalu from October 2 1975 to October 1 1978. When Tuvalu became independent, he was appointed as its first Prime Minister until his... recently, he was the Governor-general of Tuvalu, representing the Briting monarch as head of state...

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List of cities in Tuvalu

Below is a partial list of cities in the nation of Tuvalu: Funafuti Nanumaga Nanumea Niulakita Niutao Nui Nukufetau Nukulaelae Vaitupu...

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Niulakita

The southern most isle of Tuvalu. It was bought by the UK in the mid 1900s to decrease the population density...

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Saufatu Sopoanga

Saufatu Sopoanga is the current prime minister and foreign minister of Tuvalu. He is a former finance minister who was elected by MPs on 2 August 2002 after the general election in which previous prime minister Koloa Talake lost his seat. There are no political parties in Tuvalu. See also: List of...

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