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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-13  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">TUVALU</span><span class="style14"></span><span class="style42">Official name: </span><span class="style13">Tuvalu</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">Commonwealth (special member)</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">24 km2 (9 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">9500 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Fongafale on Funafuti atoll 3400 (1990 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">Tuvaluan and English</span><span class="style42">Religion: </span><span class="style13">Protestant Church of Tuvalu (98%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The 12-member Parliament ΓÇô which is elected by universal adult suffrage for four years ΓÇô chooses a Prime Minister who appoints other Ministers. A Governor General represents the British Queen as sovereign of Tuvalu. There are no political parties.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Tuvalu comprises nine small islands whose highest point is only 6 m (20 ft) above sea level. </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">Tuvalu experiences high temperatures and heavy rainfall ΓÇô 3000ΓÇô4000 mm (120ΓÇô160 in).</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">Subsistence farming ΓÇô based on coconuts, pigs and poultry ΓÇô involves most of the labor force. The only export is copra from coconuts. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">Tuvalu dollar.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">Tuvalu was settled from Samoa or Tonga in the 14th century. Although the islands were sighted by 16th-century Spanish navigators, European settlement did not begin until the early 19th century. Claimed for Britain in 1892 as the Ellice Islands, the territory became linked administratively with the Gilbert Islands. A referendum in 1974 showed a majority of Polynesians in the Ellice Islands in favor of separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati). Independence was achieved as Tuvalu in 1978.</span></text>
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