- Capital: Funafuti
- Size: 10 sq. miles. (26 sq kms)
- Population: 12,300 approx.
- Location: South of Pacific
- Official Language: Tuvaluan, English
- Currency: Tuvaluan Dollar, Australian Dollar
- Internet TLD: .tv
Tuvalu, the fourth smallest country in the world is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Hawai. Tuvalu was formerly known as ‘
Ellice Islands’. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls. It is the third-least-populated independent country in the world, with only Vatican City and Nauru having lesser inhabitants. The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesian people. The islands came under the UK's influence in the late 19th century. The then Ellice Islands were administered by Britain from 1892 to 1974. Tuvalu became fully independent in 1978. Tuvalu is basically a low lying coral island with a highest elevation of only 5 meters above the sea level.
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