Vanuatu

FORUM MEMBERSHIP: 1980
INDEPENDENCE DAY: 30 July 1980
CAPITAL: Port Villa
AREA: 12.2 thousand sq km
EEZ: 680,000 sq km
POPULATION: 269,000 (2015)
LANGUAGE: Bislama, English, French, local languages
CURRENCY: Vatu
ECONOMY: Agriculture, fisheries, tourism and livestock farming
STATUS: Republic
HEAD OF STATE: President HE Nikenike Vurobaravu
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister The Hon Ishmael Kalsakau
WEBSITE: www.governmentofvanuatu.gov.vu