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Ellice Islands

Tuvalu
Flag of Tuvalu
Coat of arms of Tuvalu
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Tuvalu mo te Atua" (Tuvaluan)
"Tuvalu for the Almighty"
Anthem: Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan)
Tuvalu for the Almighty
Location of Tuvalu
Capital Funafuti
8°31′S 179°12′E / 8.517°S 179.200°E / -8.517; 179.200
Official languages
Ethnic groups
Religion Church of Tuvalu
Demonym Tuvaluan
Government Non-partisan parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Elizabeth II
Iakoba Italeli
Enele Sopoaga
Legislature Parliament
Independence
• from the United Kingdom
1 October 1978
Area
• Total
26 km2 (10 sq mi) (236th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• Estimate
10,640 (196th)
• Density
475.88/km2 (1,232.5/sq mi) (27th)
GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate
• Total
$39 million (226th)
• Per capita
$3,566 (156th)
GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate
• Total
$32 million (194th)
• Per capita
$2,970 (118th)
Currency Tuvaluan dollar
Australian dollar (AUD)
Time zone (UTC+12)
Drives on the left
Calling code +688
ISO 3166 code TV
Internet TLD .tv

Coordinates: 8°S 178°E / 8°S 178°E / -8; 178

Tuvalu (Listeni/tˈvɑːl/ too-VAH-loo or /ˈtvəl/ TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia, lying east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. Tuvalu has a population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).


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