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Tuvalu (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -8.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 178 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 178.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises nine coral atolls; original Melanesian inhabitants were invaded by Polynesians from Samoa 16th century; sighted by British John Byron 1764; part of Britain's Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony 1915; separated from Gilberts (now Kiribati) 1974; main languages are Tuvaluan and English. |
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| Tuvalu (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | since 1976 |
| Tuvalu (Tuvaluan-P,U)
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| Tuvalu (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Tuvalu (French-P,U,N)
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| Тувалу (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 图瓦卢 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| ثوفا وً (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| TUV (C,O,ISO3L)
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| TV (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO798 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| TV00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Tuvaluan (C,O,English,U,A)
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| טובאלו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Ellice Islands (H,V)
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| Lagoon Islands (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence October 1, 1978 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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established 1978 |
| island nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| protectorate (H) |
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British, 1892-1915 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Funafuti .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, Tuvalu, Funafuti) [7002049] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1978 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 2000 |
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