A country consisting of a group of islands in the south-western Pacific; population 265,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, Bislama, English, and French; capital, Vila. The islands were administered jointly by Britain and France as the New Hebrides. Vanuatu became an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1980.
A country consisting of a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific; population 265,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, Bislama, English, and French; capital, Vila. The islands were administered jointly by Britain and France as the New Hebrides. Vanuatu became an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1980.