Tuvalu Geography and Population
ETYMOLOGY: The name Tuvalu comes from Polynesian tu ‘stand, exist’ and valu ‘eight’, egl. ‘unit of eight islands’. OFFICIAL NAME: Tuvalu CAPITAL CITY: Fongafale POPULATION: 10,800 (2012) AREA: 25 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): Tuvalu, English, kiribati RELIGION: Protestants 85%, Adventists 4%, Catholics 1%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 1%, Baha’is 1%, others 8% COIN: Australian dollar CURRENCY CODE:… Read More »