The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vanuatu:
Contents
- General reference
- Geography of Vanuatu
- Environment of Vanuatu
- Regions of Vanuatu
- Demography of Vanuatu
- Government and politics of Vanuatu
- Branches of the government of Vanuatu
- Foreign relations of Vanuatu
- Law and order in Vanuatu
- Military of Vanuatu
- Local government in Vanuatu
- History of Vanuatu
- Culture of Vanuatu
- Art in Vanuatu
- Sports in Vanuatu
- Economy and infrastructure of Vanuatu
- Education in Vanuatu
- Infrastructure of Vanuatu
- See also
- References
- External links
Vanuatu – sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. [1] The Vanuatu Archipelago is some 1,750 kilometres (1,087 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 km (310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is of volcanic origin. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. Europeans began to settle in the area in the late 18th century. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the country and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago through a British-French Condominium as the New Hebrides. An independence movement was established in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.
