Vanuatu
Updated: Sep 10, 2022
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Country Name
Vanuatu is officially the Republic of Vanuatu.
Location
It is a Pacific island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is 1,750 kilometers (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia, 540 kilometers (340 mi) northeast of New Caledonia,
east of Papua New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji.

Capital
Port Vila.
Reason for Naming the country
Vanuatu's name derives from the word Vanua "land" or "home", which occurs in several Austronesian languages, and the word tu means "stand". Together the two words indicated the independent status of the new country.