Vanuatu

Vanuatu
or formerly New Hebrides geographical name islands SW Pacific NE of New Caledonia & W of Fiji; formerly under joint British & French administration; a republic since 1980 capital Port-Vila (on Efate) area 5700 square miles (14,820 square kilometers), population 142,419

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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