Vanuatu
Volcanoes, land divers and an underwater post office
Passport card
Republic of Vanuatu
Vanuatu
- Capital
- Port Vila
- Continent
- Oceania
- Currency
- Vatu
- Languages
- Bislama, English and French
- People
- About 3.4 lakh
- Size
- About 12,189 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Jotham Napat
- Free since
- 30 July 1980
- Time
- 5½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 5:30 pm in Port Vila
⭐ Vanuatu has an underwater post office at Hideaway Island!
Your Vanuatu stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Vanuatu
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Vanuatu
Turn the globe with your finger. Vanuatu has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Vanuatu and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 270 times the size of Vanuatu.
- PeopleIndia has about 4,300 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 3.4 lakh in Vanuatu.
- DistancePort Vila is about 11,000 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeVanuatu is 5½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 5:30 pm in Port Vila.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Vanuatu, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Vanuatu
- A fresh mix from the country's 110 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Vanuatu's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Vanuatu back on the map
Vanuatu and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Vanuatu worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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