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World Gazetteer Results for Luganville:
NameLuganville
Geographical TypeLocality
Population13397
Latitude
Longitude
CountryVanuatu
Administrative DivisionSanma
Dictionary Results for Vanuatu:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Vanuatu
    n 1: a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since
         1980 [syn: Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New
         Hebrides]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Vanuatu

   Introduction Vanuatu
   --------------------
                            Background: The British and French who settled
                                        the New Hebrides in the 19th
                                        century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-
                                        French Condominium, which
                                        administered the islands until
                                        independence in 1980.
  
   Geography Vanuatu
   -----------------
                              Location: Oceania, group of islands in the
                                        South Pacific Ocean, about three-
                                        quarters of the way from Hawaii to
                                        Australia
                Geographic coordinates: 16 00 S, 167 00 E
                        Map references: Oceania
                                  Area: total: 12,200 sq km
                                        land: 12,200 sq km
                                        note: includes more than 80 islands
                                        water: 0 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Connecticut
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 2,528 km
                       Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic
                                        baselines
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200 NM or to the
                                        edge of the continental margin
                                        contiguous zone: 24 NM
                               Climate: tropical; moderated by southeast
                                        trade winds
                               Terrain: mostly mountains of volcanic origin;
                                        narrow coastal plains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Tabwemasana 1,877 m
                     Natural resources: manganese, hardwood forests, fish
                              Land use: arable land: 2.46%
                                        permanent crops: 7.38%
                                        other: 90.16% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: tropical cyclones or typhoons
                                        (January to April); volcanism causes
                                        minor earthquakes; tsunamis
          Environment - current issues: a majority of the population does
                                        not have access to a potable and
                                        reliable supply of water;
                                        deforestation
            Environment - international party to: Antarctic-Marine Living
                            agreements: Resources, Biodiversity, Climate
                                        Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification,
                                        Endangered Species, Law of the Sea,
                                        Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
                                        Timber 94
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: a Y-shaped chain of four main
                                        islands and 80 smaller islands;
                                        several of the islands have active
                                        volcanoes
  
   People Vanuatu
   --------------
                            Population: 196,178 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.6% (male 35,681;
                                        female 34,164)
                                        15-64 years: 61.1% (male 61,384;
                                        female 58,473)
                                        65 years and over: 3.3% (male 3,473;
                                        female 3,003) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.66% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 24.83 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 8.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.05 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 59.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 61.33 years
                                        female: 62.8 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 59.93 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.08 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and
                                        plural)
                                        adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
                         Ethnic groups: indigenous Melanesian 98%, French,
                                        Vietnamese, Chinese, other Pacific
                                        Islanders
                             Religions: Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%,
                                        Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous
                                        beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist
                                        6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other
                                        15.7% (including Jon Frum Cargo
                                        cult)
                             Languages: three official languages: English,
                                        French, pidgin (known as Bislama or
                                        Bichelama), plus more than 100 local
                                        languages
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 53%
                                        male: 57%
                                        female: 48% (1979 est.)
  
   Government Vanuatu
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Vanuatu
                                        conventional short form: Vanuatu
                                        former: New Hebrides
                       Government type: parliamentary republic
                               Capital: Port-Vila
              Administrative divisions: 6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma,
                                        Shefa, Tafea, Torba
                          Independence: 30 July 1980 (from France and UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 30 July (1980)
                          Constitution: 30 July 1980
                          Legal system: unified system being created from
                                        former dual French and British
                                        systems
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Father
                                        John BANI (since 25 March 1999)
                                        elections: president elected for a
                                        four-year term by an electoral
                                        college consisting of Parliament and
                                        the presidents of the regional
                                        councils for a five-year term;
                                        election for president last held 25
                                        March 1999 (next to be held NA
                                        2004); following legislative
                                        elections, the leader of the
                                        majority party or majority coalition
                                        is usually elected prime minister by
                                        Parliament from among its members;
                                        election for prime minister last
                                        held 2 May 2002 (next to be held NA
                                        2003)
                                        note: the government of Prime
                                        Minister Barak SOPE was ousted in a
                                        no confidence vote on 14 April 2001
                                        and Edward NATAPEI was elected the
                                        new prime minister by Parliament
                                        election results: Father John BANI
                                        elected president; percent of
                                        electoral college vote - NA%; Edward
                                        NATAPEI reelected prime minister by
                                        Parliament
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the prime minister,
                                        responsible to Parliament
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Edward NATAPEI (since 16 April
                                        2001); Deputy Prime Minister Serge
                                        VOHOR (since 16 April 2001)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (52 seats;
                                        members elected by popular vote to
                                        serve four-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 2 May 2002
                                        (next to be held NA 2006)
                                        note: the National Council of Chiefs
                                        advises on matters of custom and
                                        land
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - UMP
                                        15, VP 14, VRP 3, MPP 2, other and
                                        independent 18; note - political
                                        party associations are fluid
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (chief justice is
                                        appointed by the president after
                                        consultation with the prime minister
                                        and the leader of the opposition,
                                        three other justices are appointed
                                        by the president on the advice of
                                        the Judicial Service Commission)
         Political parties and leaders: Jon Frum Movement [Song KEASPAI];
                                        Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP
                                        [Barak SOPE]; National United Party
                                        or NUP [Dinh Van THAN]; Union of
                                        Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge
                                        VOHOR]; Vanuaaku Party (Our Land
                                        Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI];
                                        Vanuatu Republican Party [Maxime
                                        Carlot KORMAN]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACCT, ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-
                         participation: 77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, NAM,
                                        Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIBH, UPU, WFTU,
                                        WHO, WMO, WTrO (observer)
   Diplomatic representation in the US: Vanuatu does not have an embassy in
                                        the US, it does, however, have a
                                        Permanent Mission to the UN
     Diplomatic representation from the the US does not have an embassy in
                                    US: Vanuatu; the ambassador to Papua New
                                        Guinea is accredited to Vanuatu
                      Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red
                                        (top) and green with a black
                                        isosceles triangle (based on the
                                        hoist side) all separated by a
                                        black-edged yellow stripe in the
                                        shape of a horizontal Y (the two
                                        points of the Y face the hoist side
                                        and enclose the triangle); centered
                                        in the triangle is a boar's tusk
                                        encircling two crossed namele
                                        leaves, all in yellow
  
   Economy Vanuatu
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: The economy is based primarily on
                                        subsistence or small-scale
                                        agriculture which provides a living
                                        for 65% of the population. Fishing,
                                        offshore financial services, and
                                        tourism, with about 50,000 visitors
                                        in 1997, are other mainstays of the
                                        economy. Mineral deposits are
                                        negligible; the country has no known
                                        petroleum deposits. A small light
                                        industry sector caters to the local
                                        market. Tax revenues come mainly
                                        from import duties. Economic
                                        development is hindered by
                                        dependence on relatively few
                                        commodity exports, vulnerability to
                                        natural disasters, and long
                                        distances from main markets and
                                        between constituent islands. A
                                        severe earthquake in November 1999
                                        followed by a tsunami, caused
                                        extensive damage to the northern
                                        island of Pentecote and left
                                        thousands homeless. Another powerful
                                        earthquake in January 2002 caused
                                        extensive damage in the capital,
                                        Port-Vila, and surrounding areas,
                                        and also was followed by a tsunami.
                                        GDP growth has risen less than 3% on
                                        average in the 1990s. In response to
                                        foreign concerns, the government has
                                        promised to tighten regulation of
                                        its offshore financial center.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $257
                                        million (2000 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.7% (2000 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,300
                                        (2000 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 26%
                                        industry: 12%
                                        services: 62% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (2000 est.)
                           Labor force: NA
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 65%, services 30%,
                                        industry 5% (2000 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $94.4 million
                                        expenditures: $99.8 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $30.4 million (1996 est.)
                            Industries: food and fish freezing, wood
                                        processing, meat canning
     Industrial production growth rate: 1% (1997 est.)
              Electricity - production: 39 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 36.27 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee,
                                        taro, yams, coconuts, fruits,
                                        vegetables; fish, beef
                               Exports: $22.8 million (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Exports - commodities: copra, kava, beef, cocoa, timber,
                                        coffee
                    Exports - partners: Japan 32%, Belgium 17%, US 17%,
                                        Germany 8% (2000)
                               Imports: $87.5 million (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs,
                                        fuels
                    Imports - partners: Australia 28%, Singapore 14%, New
                                        Zealand 8%, Japan 4%, US 1% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $64.6 million (1999 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $45.8 million (1995)
                              Currency: vatu (VUV)
                         Currency code: VUV
                        Exchange rates: vatu per US dollar - 146.02
                                        (December 2001), 145.31 (2001),
                                        137.64 (2000), 129.08 (1999), 127.52
                                        (1998), 115.87 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Vanuatu
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 5,500 (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 310 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: NA
                                        domestic: NA
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 1 (2002)
                                Radios: 67,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002)
                           Televisions: 2,300 (1999)
                 Internet country code: .vu
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 3,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Vanuatu
   ----------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 1,070 km
                                        paved: 256 km
                                        unpaved: 814 km (1996)
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu
                                        Santo)
                       Merchant marine: total: 54 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 1,092,838 GRT/1,329,576 DWT
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 22, cargo 9,
                                        chemical tanker 1, combination bulk
                                        3, container 2, liquefied gas 3,
                                        petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated
                                        cargo 7, vehicle carrier 6
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Australia 3, Canada 2,
                                        China 1, Japan 25, Monaco 4,
                                        Netherlands 1, New Zealand 5, Panama
                                        1, Poland 1, Switzerland 2, United
                                        Kingdom 4, US 2, Vietnam 1 (2002
                                        est.)
                              Airports: 31 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 29
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 10
                                        under 914 m: 17 (2001)
  
   Military Vanuatu
   ----------------
                      Military branches: no regular military forces; Vanuatu
                                         Police Force (VPF; including the
                                         paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)
          Military expenditures - dollar $NA
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Vanuatu
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Matthew and Hunter Islands east of
                                        New Caledonia claimed by Vanuatu and
                                        France
  
                                       



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