| Name: | Vanuatu (Republic of Vanuatu) |
| Local name (Bislama): | Vanuatu (Ripablik blong Vanuatu) |
| Local name (French): | Vanuatu (République du Vanuatu) |
| Former name: | New Hebrides (Nouvelles-Hébrides) – until 1980 |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 14.8 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 199 ths. |
| Capital: | Port Vila |
| Official languages: | Bislama, English, French |
