Tuvalu
Tuvalu
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About Tuvalu
Tuvalu is a group of nine tiny islands, five of the islands are coral atolls, the other four consist of land rising from the sea bed. There are no shops so visitors should take their own provisions.The islands are an excellent destination for swimming and snorkeling, with a peaceful atmosphere around palm-fringed beaches.
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General information
- Capital: Funafuti
- Language: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
- Climate: Tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
- Timezone: UTC +12
- Currency: 1 Tuvaluan dollar, or 1 Australian dollar (AUD) = 100 cents
- Electricity plugs: i (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 11,636 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +688
- Toplevel domain .tv .Tuvalu has a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for royalties
- Travel alert: EnjoyYourWorld strongly advises you to take necessary precautions for a safe travel. For more info please follow this link
Good to know
Tuvaluans are a Polynesian people that settled the islands around 2,000 years ago.
Religion: Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1978)
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