| Capital
: Port Vila
Land
Area :12,200 sq km
Head
of Government : Prime Minister Edward Natapei (since September 2008)
Population
: 218,519 (July 2009 est.)
Major
Languages : Local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)
Major
Religion(s) : Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)
Date
of Joining : 1980
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