Tuvalu flag information

Flag description: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands. .

Flags

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Related region

Oceania

Additional information about Tuvalu

Official country name:

Short name: Tuvalu
Local names (long and short forms): / Tuvalu
Former name: Ellice Islands
Abbreviation:
Notes: Tuvalu means "group of eight," referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands

Nationality noun / adjective: Tuvaluan(s) / Tuvaluan

Languages spoken: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui). .

Capital: Funafuti (GMT 9.9, summertime: administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet)

Government type: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy

Population: 12177 ranked 227, (data 2008)

Geography: one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the nine 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. The lowest point is Pacific Ocean 0 m and the highest point is unnamed location 5 m. .

Coastline: Coastline 24 km - . .

Land borders: Tuvalu has a total of 0 km landborders, bordering to . . .

Administrative divisions: none

Dependent areas:

Independence: 1 October 1978 (from UK)