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The Republic of Vanuatu is about the same size as the Big Island plus Maui, with 65 of their 82 islands inhabited. The capital is Port Vila. Two islands are still claimed by France (New Caledonia). The dominant religion is Christianity and the government is a parliamentary democracy.
Vanuatu is beginning to suffer from sea level rise, as water quality is being affected. However, the islands are peaks of volcanoes, so the problem is nowhere close to Tuvalu.
The islands are on the "Ring of Fire," so there are a lot of earthquakes (2000/year). Cyclone season is from November to April.
More recently, China has provided aid, so, of course, one of the recent scandals is the selling of visas to Chinese nationals.
The rise of coconuts should help the local economy. Kava (left) is also a product that can show growth. This intoxicating brew comes from the Piper methysticum plant (right).
Tourism is important (Port Vila above): click on 2012 events.
Above, Yasur Volcano.
There are no travel advisories, but there has recently been attacks on lone foreign women. Also, sharks should be a concern (that is a tiger shark with an idiotic SCUBA diver). Boat travel cannot be recommended. When hiking, you could be charged a "visiting fee" by the landowner. All that said, crime is supposedly rare in Vanuatu, according to one report, but a 2008 newspaper article indicated that Port Vila was a hotbed of crime, and the Vanuatu Daily Post in December of 2010 indicated that crime had tripled in the capital. The latest recommendation as of 18May2012 from the Australian government, though, is to "exercise normal safety precautions."
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| Background | |
| Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. 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, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted. |
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Vanuatu is beginning to suffer from sea level rise, as water quality is being affected. However, the islands are peaks of volcanoes, so the problem is nowhere close to Tuvalu.
The islands are on the "Ring of Fire," so there are a lot of earthquakes (2000/year). Cyclone season is from November to April.
More recently, China has provided aid, so, of course, one of the recent scandals is the selling of visas to Chinese nationals.
The rise of coconuts should help the local economy. Kava (left) is also a product that can show growth. This intoxicating brew comes from the Piper methysticum plant (right). 
Tourism is important (Port Vila above): click on 2012 events.
Above, Yasur Volcano.
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