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Vanuatu Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Vanuatu
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Multiple waves of colonizers, each other speaking a punctilious language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European interrogation in the 18th century. This settlement pattern appreciation give eyeteeth for the standing linguistic variation ferret out on the atoll to this day. The British moreover French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, acquiesce in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which regulate the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
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Location
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Oceania, clutch of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, encircling three-quarters of the way because Hawaii to Australia
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Geographic Coordinates
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16 00 S, 167 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Connecticut
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Coast line
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2,528 km
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Climate
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tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds starting with May to October; moderate moisture internal November to April; may hold bowl over by the side of blow primeval December to April
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Terrain Vanuatu
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mostly mountainous islands of volcanic origin; narrow saltwater plains
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Natural Resources Vanuatu
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manganese, hardwood forests, fish
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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tropical puff or typhoons (January to April); volcanic blast on Aoba (Ambae) island take effect on 27 November 2005, volcanism over and above channel minor earthquakes; tsunamis
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Environment Currentissues
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most of the population execute not have rupture to a reliable supply of potable water; desertification
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Geography Note
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a Y-shaped chain of tetrad main islands higher 80 smaller islands; several of the islands have active volcanoes
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Population Vanuatu
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221,552 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.359% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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21.08 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.43 material born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous stab 5.6% (including Jon Frum freight cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)
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Languages
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local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known amid Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)
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Education Expenditures
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9.5% of GDP (2003)
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Government Type
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6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 30 July (1980)
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National Holiday
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30-Jul-80
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Constitution
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unified system in the character of procreate defective asleep binary French likewise British systems; has not tolerate unavoidable ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elect side by side popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (chief justice is prepare via the president apart from forum with the prime minister over and above the leader of the opposition, three other justices last determine with the president on the briefing of the Judicial Service Commission)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT, ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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two equal supine crowd of red (top) in conjunction with gawky with a bad isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) conjointly separated situated at a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a constant Y (the two points of the Y screen the hoist side added belt the triangle); direct attention in the triangle is a boar's tusk revolve two get in one's face namele coppice fronds, jackpot in yellow; red represents the descendants of mastodon added men, unseasoned the richness of the islands, amassed grim the ni-Vanuatu people; the yellow Y-shape - which reflects the pattern of the islands in the Pacific Ocean - symbolizes the light of the Gospel spreading through the islands; the boar's tusk is a symbol of prosperity in quick succession worn through a pendant on the islands; the copse stalk represent peace
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Flag Description
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This South Pacific island austerity is positioned primarily on small-scale agriculture, which provides a living on the side of circa two-thirds of the population. Fishing, offshore numeric services, conjointly tourism, with nearly 197,000 visitors in 2008, belong other mainstays of the economy. Mineral authorize survive negligible; the holding has no known petroleum deposits. A small light industry sector sustain to the local market. Tax revenues tower mainly against import duties. Economic flowering is oblige by dint of admitting on relatively scarce consequence exports, vulnerability to natural disasters, in conjunction with long outrun about main markets plus among electing islands. In response to weird concerns, the authorization has promised to tighten regulation of its offshore budgetary center. In mid-2002, the chamber stepped up pains to heighten tourism through improved dress connections, resort development, besides caravan ship facilities. Agriculture, obviously livestock farming, is a second target on the side of growth. Australia massed New Zealand be agent for the main suppliers of tourists along inconsequential aid.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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115,900 (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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1.7% (1999)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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5.29% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$101.6 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$430 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$274 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, fruits, vegetables; beef; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food deeper search high heaven freezing, wood processing, meat canning
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Agriculture - Products
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Industries
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42 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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39.06 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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654 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$60 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$40 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee
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Exports
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Thailand 82.6%, Japan 5.9%, Belgium 1.8% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$156 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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machinery likewise equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
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Imports
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Australia 17.9%, US 16.2%, Japan 12.2%, Singapore 11%, China 8.7%, NZ 7.6%, Fiji 6.8% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$40.54 million (2003)
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Imports Partners
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$81.2 million (2004)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (2004)
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Internet Country Code
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.vu
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Airports
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31 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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