Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...

, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a sovereign Polynesia

Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...

n island nation

Island nation

An island country is a state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. As of 2011, 47 of the 193 UN member states are island countries.-Politics:...

 located in the South Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 and Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati

Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...

, Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

 and Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

. Comprising four reef islands and five true atoll

Atoll

An atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu OED...

s with a gross land area of just 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi) it is the third-least populated independent country in the world, with only Vatican City

Vatican City

Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...

 and Nauru

Nauru

Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...

 having fewer inhabitants. It is also the second-smallest member by population of the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

. In terms of physical land size, Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the Vatican City

Vatican City

Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...

—0.44 km²; Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

—1.95 km² and Nauru

Nauru

Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...

—21 km².

The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesian people. The islands came under Britain's

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 sphere of influence in the late 19th century. The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate from 1892 to 1916 and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after...

 Colony from 1916 to 1974. In 1974 the Ellice Islanders voted for separate British dependency status as Tuvalu, separating from the Gilbert Islands which became Kiribati

Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...

 upon independence. Tuvalu became fully independent within The Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

 in 1978.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tuvalu:

General reference

• Pronunciation
  International Phonetic Alphabet
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• Common English country name: Tuvalu
  Tuvalu
  Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...
  
  
• Official English country name: Tuvalu
  Tuvalu
  Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...
  
  
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Tuvaluan
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Tuvalu
• ISO country codes: TV, TUV, 798
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TV
  ISO 3166-2:TV
  ISO 3166-2:TV is the entry for Tuvalu in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Tuvalu, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .tv
  .tv
  The domain name .tv is the Internet country code top-level domain for the islands of Tuvalu.Except for reserved names like com.tv, net.tv, org.tv and others, any person may register second-level domains in tv...
  
  

Geography of Tuvalu

• Tuvalu is...
  • a group of island
    Island
    An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
    
    s, comprising...
    • four reef islands
    • five true atoll
      Atoll
      An atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu OED...
      
      s
  • a country
    Country
    A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
    
    
    • an island country
    • a nation state
    • a Commonwealth Realm
      Commonwealth Realm
      A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
      
      
• Location:
  • Southern Hemisphere
    Southern Hemisphere
    The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
    
     and Eastern Hemisphere
    Eastern Hemisphere
    The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes...
    
    
  • Pacific Ocean
    Pacific Ocean
    The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
    
    
    • South Pacific Ocean
      • Oceania
        Oceania
        Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
        
        
        • Polynesia
          Polynesia
          Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
          
          
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : UTC+12
    UTC+12
    UTC+12:00 is an identifier for a +12 hour time offset from UTC. This time is used in:-As standard time :*Kiribati**Gilbert Islands and Banaba*Marshall Islands*Nauru*Russia**Chukotka Autonomous Okrug**Kamchatka Krai**Kuril Islands...
    
    
  • Extreme points of Tuvalu
    • High: unnamed location 4.5 m (15 ft)
    • Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 24 km
• Population of Tuvalu: 11,000 - 213rd most populous country
• Area of Tuvalu: 26 km²
• Atlas of Tuvalu

Environment of Tuvalu

• Climate of Tuvalu
• Environmental issues in Tuvalu
• Ecoregions in Tuvalu
• Renewable energy in Tuvalu
  Renewable energy in Tuvalu
  Renewable energy in Tuvalu is a growing sector of the country's energy supply. Tuvalu has committed to becoming the first country to get 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. This is considered possible because of the small size of the population of Tuvalu and its abundant...
  
  
• Geology of Tuvalu
• Protected areas of Tuvalu
  • Biosphere reserves in Tuvalu
  • National parks of Tuvalu
• Wildlife of Tuvalu
  • Flora of Tuvalu
  • Fauna of Tuvalu
    • Birds of Tuvalu
    • Mammals of Tuvalu

Natural geographic features of Tuvalu

• Fjords of Tuvalu
• Glaciers of Tuvalu
• Islands of Tuvalu
• Lakes of Tuvalu
• Mountains of Tuvalu
  • Volcanoes in Tuvalu
• Rivers of Tuvalu
  • Waterfalls of Tuvalu
• Valleys of Tuvalu
• World Heritage Sites in Tuvalu: None

Government and politics of Tuvalu

Main article: Government of Tuvalu and Politics of Tuvalu

Politics of Tuvalu

The politics of Tuvalu takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Monarch is the head of state, represented by the Governor-General, while the Prime Minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
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• Capital of Tuvalu: Funafuti

• Elections in Tuvalu
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Tuvalu
• Political scandals of Tuvalu
• Taxation in Tuvalu

Executive branch of the government of Tuvalu

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Tuvalu,
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Tuvalu
  Prime Minister of Tuvalu
  The Prime Minister of Tuvalu is the head of government of Tuvalu. According to Tuvalu's constitution, the Prime Minister must always be a member of Parliament, and is elected by Parliament in a secret ballot. Because there are no political parties in Tuvalu, any member of Parliament can be...
  
  ,
• Cabinet of Tuvalu
  Cabinet of Tuvalu
  The Cabinet of Tuvalu is the executive branch of the government of Tuvalu.It is drawn from, and responsible to, the legislative branch, the monocameral Fale i Fono. After every legislative election, Members of Parliament elect one of their own as Prime Minister. The latter then chooses his...
  
  

Legislative branch of the government of Tuvalu

• Parliament of Tuvalu
  Parliament of Tuvalu
  The Parliament of Tuvalu is the unicameral national legislature in Tuvalu.-History and political culture:...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Senate of Tuvalu
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : House of Commons of Tuvalu

Judicial branch of the government of Tuvalu

• Supreme Court of Tuvalu

Foreign relations of Tuvalu

• Diplomatic missions in Tuvalu
• Diplomatic missions of Tuvalu

International organization membership

Tuvalu is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Asian Development Bank
  Asian Development Bank
  The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
  
   (ADB)
• Commonwealth of Nations
  Commonwealth of Nations
  The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS) (observer)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

• Pacific Islands Forum
  Pacific Islands Forum
  The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum...
  
   (PIF)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  The Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC , is a regional intergovernmental organisation whose membership includes both nations and territories...
  
   (SPC)
• South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
  South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
  The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement is a nonreciprocal trade agreement in which Australia and New Zealand offer duty-free and unrestricted access for specified products originating from the developing island member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum...
  
   (Sparteca)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)

Law and order in Tuvalu

• Capital punishment in Tuvalu
• Constitution of Tuvalu
• Crime in Tuvalu
• Human Rights in Tuvalu
  Human rights in Tuvalu
  Tuvalu is a small island nation in the South Pacific with a population of 10,544. Tuvalu has a written constitution which includes a statement of rights influenced by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights...
  
  
  • LGBT rights in Tuvalu
    LGBT rights in Tuvalu
    Male on male sex is illegal in Tuvalu. The Penal Code sections 153, 154 and 155 outlaws homosexual intercourse. There are no LGBT recognitions or rights in Tuvalu.-153 Unnatural offences:Any person who — commits buggery with another person or with an animal; or...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Tuvalu
• Law enforcement in Tuvalu
  Law enforcement in Tuvalu
  Tuvalu has no army, but its national police force, the Tuvalu Police Force headquartered in Funafuti includes a Maritime Surveillance Unit, Customs, Prisons and Immigration...
  
  

Military of Tuvalu

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
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    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Tuvalu
• Forces
  • Army of Tuvalu
  • Navy of Tuvalu
  • Air Force of Tuvalu
  • Special forces of Tuvalu
• Military history of Tuvalu
• Military ranks of Tuvalu

History of Tuvalu

Main article: History of Tuvalu

History of Tuvalu

The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians so that the origins of the people of Tuvalu is addressed in the theories regarding the spread of humans out of Southeast Asia, from Taiwan, via Melanesia and across the Pacific islands to create Polynesia....

, Timeline of the history of Tuvalu, and Current events of Tuvalu

• Economic history of Tuvalu
• Military history of Tuvalu

Culture of Tuvalu

• Architecture of Tuvalu
• Cuisine of Tuvalu
• Ethnic minorities in Tuvalu
• Festivals in Tuvalu
• Humor in Tuvalu
• Languages of Tuvalu
• Media in Tuvalu
• National symbols of Tuvalu
  • Coat of arms of Tuvalu
    Coat of arms of Tuvalu
    The coat of arms of Tuvalu shows a shield with a golden border, which is decorated in a pattern with eight mussels and eight banana leaves. The shield itself shows a hut beneath a blue sky on green grounds...
    
    
  • Flag of Tuvalu
    Flag of Tuvalu
    The current flag of Tuvalu was instated when the country became independent in 1978, after the separation from the Gilbert Islands in 1976.-Features:...
    
    
  • National anthem of Tuvalu
• People of Tuvalu
• Prostitution in Tuvalu
• Public holidays in Tuvalu
  Public holidays in Tuvalu
  The following are public holidays in Tuvalu.Also, the regions observe the following regional holidays:-References:...
  
  
• Records of Tuvalu
• Religion in Tuvalu
  Religion in Tuvalu
  The Church of Tuvalu, which has historic ties to the Congregational Church and other churches in Samoa, has the largest number of followers. Government estimates of religious affiliation as a percentage of the population include: Church of Tuvalu, 91 percent; Seventh-day Adventist, 3 percent;...
  
  
  • Buddhism in Tuvalu
  • Christianity in Tuvalu
  • Hinduism in Tuvalu
  • Islam in Tuvalu
  • Judaism in Tuvalu
  • Sikhism in Tuvalu
• World Heritage Sites in Tuvalu: None

Art in Tuvalu

• Art in Tuvalu
• Cinema of Tuvalu
• Literature of Tuvalu
• Music of Tuvalu
  Music of Tuvalu
  The traditional music of Tuvalu consists of a number of dances, most popularly including fatele, fakanau and fakaseasea, and were used to celebrate leaders and other prominent individuals...
  
  
• Television in Tuvalu
• Theatre in Tuvalu

Sports in Tuvalu

• Football in Tuvalu
  Football in Tuvalu
  The sport of football in the country of Tuvalu is run by the Tuvalu Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Tuvalu A-Division.-List of teams:This is a partial list of football clubs in Tuvalu....
  
  
• Tuvalu at the Olympics
  Tuvalu at the Olympics
  Tuvalu have competed in the Olympic Games only once. They first competed in 2008 at the summer Olympics, with 3 athletes. They have yet to compete at the winter games....
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Tuvalu

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 190th (one hundred and ninetieth)

• Agriculture in Tuvalu
• Banking in Tuvalu
  • National Bank of Tuvalu
• Communications in Tuvalu
  Communications in Tuvalu
  This article is about the ways people in Tuvalu can communicate with one another.Telephones - main lines in use:900 Telephones - mobile cellular:1300 Telephone system:domestic:radiotelephone communications between islands...
  
  
  • Internet in Tuvalu
• Companies of Tuvalu

• Currency of Tuvalu
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Dollar
  Tuvaluan dollar
  The dollar is the currency of Tuvalu. From 1966 to 1976, Tuvalu officially used the Australian dollar. In 1976, Tuvalu began issuing its own coins for circulation, although these circulate alongside Australian coins and Tuvalu continues to use Australian banknotes...
  
  /Dollar
  Australian dollar
  The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : TVD/AUD
    Aud
    Aud might refer to*Australian dollar *Ambedkar University, Delhi *American University in Dubai *Doctor of Audiology *Auðr, the son of Nótt and Naglfari in Norse mythology...
    
    

• Economic history of Tuvalu
• Energy in Tuvalu
  • Energy policy of Tuvalu
  • Oil industry in Tuvalu
• Mining in Tuvalu
• Tourism in Tuvalu
• Transport in Tuvalu

• Tuvalu Stock Exchange

Infrastructure of Tuvalu

• Health care in Tuvalu
• Transportation in Tuvalu
  • Airports in Tuvalu
  • Rail transport in Tuvalu
  • Roads in Tuvalu
• Water supply and sanitation in Tuvalu

See also

• Commonwealth realm
  Commonwealth Realm
  A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
  
  
• List of international rankings
• List of Tuvalu-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Monarchy of Tuvalu
  Monarchy of Tuvalu
  The monarchy of Tuvalu is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Tuvalu. The present monarch of Tuvalu is Queen Elizabeth II. Tuvalu shares the sovereign with 15 other Commonwealth realms...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
• Outline of Oceania
  Outline of Oceania
  Oceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,....
  
  
• Tuvaluan language
  Tuvaluan language
  Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language of or closely related to the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such as Hawaiian, Maori, Tahitian, Samoan, and Tongan, and most closely related to the languages spoken on the Polynesian Outliers...
  
  

External links

• Official Website of the Government of Tuvalu
• Timeless Tuvalu - The Official Travel Website of Tuvalu
• Paradis Perdus: Les derniers jours de Tuvalu (part of the documentary)
• Tuvalu's options on setting up defences against the rising sea
• SOPAC working with Tuvalu to defend it against the rising sea by strengthening the island through the filling of the US borrow pits
• PBS Rough Cut: Tuvalu: That Sinking Feeling
• How to call Tuvalu
• Environment: Tiny Tuvalu Fights for Its Literal Survival
• The Sinking of Tuvalu