Tuvalu Travel Information

Time Difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Capital City: Funafuti; note - the capital is an atoll of some 29 islets; administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale...
Travel Climate: tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
Area Comparative: 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Travel Currency: Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
Languages: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
Ethnic Groups: Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
National Holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1978)
Inflation Rate: 3.8%
Geographic Coordinates: 8 00 S, 178 00 E
Location: Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii...
Terrain: very low-lying and narrow coral atolls

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