A Y-shaped Melanesian archipelago of about 80 volcanic islands in the South Pacific.
Geography
Vanuatu spans roughly 1,300 km of ocean and is volcanically active, with Mount Yasur on Tanna among the world’s most accessible active volcanoes. The largest island is Espiritu Santo, where Mount Tabwemasana is the highest point at 1,879 m.
Culture
Vanuatu is among the most linguistically diverse countries per capita, with over 110 indigenous languages still spoken. Bislama, an English-based creole, serves as the lingua franca alongside English and French.
History
The archipelago was known as the New Hebrides under joint British and French administration from 1906 until independence in 1980, when it was renamed Vanuatu.
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