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VAIAKU LAGI HOTEL Australia & Oceania » Tuvalu » Funafuti Island Funafuti Island Tuvalu
Country: Tuvalu
City: Funafuti Island
Address: PO Box 10
Phone: +688 20 500
Prices Starting at: $100.00

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Introduction

In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over the next dozen years.

Location

Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia

Geographic coordinates

8 00 S, 178 00 E

Area

total: 26 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 26 sq km

Area - comparative

0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries

0 km

Coastline

24 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM

Climate

tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)

Terrain

very low-lying and narrow coral atolls

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m

Natural resources

fish

Land use

arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land

Natural hazards

severe tropical storms are usually rare, but, in 1997, there were three cyclones; low level of islands make them very sensitive to changes in sea level

Environment - current issues

since there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant and plans to build one other); beachhead erosion because of the use of sand for building materials; excessive clearance of forest undergrowth for use as fuel; damage to coral reefs from the spread of the Crown of Thorns starfish; Tuvalu is very concerned about global increases in greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on rising sea levels, which threaten the country's underground water table; in 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in Tuvaluans if rising sea levels should make evacuation necessary

Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note

one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon

Population

11,468 (July 2004 est.)

Capital

Funafuti; note - administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet

Phone Code

+688

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