Tuvalu
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| National motto: Tuvalu mo te Atua ( Tuvaluan: "Eight Standing Together for the Almighty") |
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| Official languages | Tuvaluan, English |
| Capital | Vaiaku (most important neighbourhood), Fongafale (village), Funafuti (atoll) |
| Queen | Elizabeth IIGolden Jubilee in 2002, wearing her Canadian orders) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), styled HM The Queen (born April 21, 1926) is the Queen regnant and Head of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland an |
| Governor-GeneralThe Governor-General of Tuvalu is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II on the island nation, serving as its head of state, and performing the same duties as the Queen in the United Kingdom. The office has been in existence since Tuvalu was granted ind | Faimalaga LukaFaimalaga Luka (born 1943?) is the Governor-General and former Prime Minister of Tuvalu. He was a broadcaster and politician, serving in rules including Minister for Health, Minister of Home Affairs (from 1999) and from 2000 Prime Minister. He was lost a |
| Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister of Tuvalu is the head of government of Tuvalu. According to Tuvalu's constitution, the Prime Minister must always be a member of Parliament, and is elected by Parliament in a secret ballot. Because there are no political parties in Tuva | Maatia ToafaMaatia Toafa is the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Tuvalu. He was deputy Prime Minister when on August 27, 2004, he became Acting Prime Minister when Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga resigned from Parliament after his government was deposed in a no |
AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec
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- % water | Ranked 191stHere is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.
26 kmēTo help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 kmē (1000 hectares) and 100 kmē (10,000 hectares). See also areas of other orders of magnitude. Areas smaller than 10 kmē 10 kmē is equal to: 3. 86 square miles 1000 hect
Negligible |
| Population
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- Density | Ranked 192nd
10,991
423/kmē |
| Independence | October 1, 1978 |
| Currency | Tuvaluan dollar |
| Time zone | UTC +12 |
| National anthem | Tuvalu mo te Atua |
| Internet TLD | .TV |
| Calling Code | 688 |
