Valesdir Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Valesdir, Épi Island, Vanuatu | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°47′46″S168°10′37″E / 16.79611°S 168.17694°E | ||||||||||
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Valesdir Airport is an airport in Valesdir, Epi, Vanuatu ( IATA : VLS, ICAO : NVSV).
Air Vanuatu is an airline with its head office in Air Vanuatu House, Port Vila, Vanuatu. It is Vanuatu's national flag carrier, formerly operating to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and points in the South Pacific. Its main base is Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila. In May 2024 operations ceased with the airline placed into liquidation by the Government of Vanuatu. Limited domestic services resumed in August 2024.
The half dozen Epi languages are spoken on Epi Island in Vanuatu.
Shefa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country and including the islands of Epi and Efate and the Shepherd Islands. The province's name is derived from the initial letters of SHepherd and EFAte. It has a population of 78,723 people and an area of 1,455 km2. Its capital is Port Vila, which is also the capital of the nation.
The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu.
Epi is an island in Shefa Province, Vanuatu, at the north end of the Shepherd Islands.
Paama is a small island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu.
The Southern Oceanic languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by John Lynch in 1995 and supported by later studies. It appears to be a linkage rather than a language family with a clearly defined internal nested structure.
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Lamen is an Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu.
Bierebo, or Bonkovia-Yevali, is an Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu.
Baki is an Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu.
Maii (Mae) is an Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu.
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Cannabis in Vanuatu is illegal for recreational purposes but is legal for medical and industrial purposes.