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Tuvalu

Tuvalu is situated 3200km north east of Australia and North of Fiji. Tuvalu consists of nine dispersed islands. The capital of these nine dispersed islands is on FunaFuti Island and is called Fongafali which is one of the world's smallest and most unusual national capitals.

This is the Tuvaluan Flag

The area of Tuvalu is only twenty-six square km. In this area there are only 8900 people. The language that the people of Tuvalu speak English and Tuvaluan. The type of money that they use are the Australian dollar and Tuvaluan coinage.

This is the area of Tuvalu.

The Climate of Tuvalu is tropical so it is very hot and it has a heavy annual rainfall of about 118 inches. The main foods that they eat are fish, coconuts and bread-fruit. The only country that has less people is Vatican City, and the only countries that are a smaller area are Monaco and Nauru. Most of the people that live in Tuvalu are Polynesians.

to see about Tuvalu's economy.

to see a great page all about Tuvalu.

Bibliography :

Encarta 96 Encyclopedia

CD ROM by Microsoft Pty Ltd

The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia

World Book, Inc

Compton's Interactive World Atlas

Encarta World Atlas 1998

Research by Tyler and Tom B.

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