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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
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Short name
Tuvalu
Local names
Tuvalu (short)
Former name
Ellice Islands
Notes
Tuvalu means ""group of eight,"" referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands
Nationality
Tuvaluan(s) (noun) Tuvalu (adjective)
Languages spoken
Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
Capital
Funafuti
Government type
constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
Population
12,177 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.
Coastline
Coastline 24 km.
Land borders
0km,
Administrative divisions
none
Independence
1 October 1978 (from UK)