Key Facts. Flag. Covering a total land area of only 26 sq. km, Tuvalu is a Polynesian nation located in the west-central Pacific Ocean. One of the smallest nations in the world, Tuvalu is a collection of small islands and atolls largely made out of coral reefs and volcanic rock. Isolated from its neighbors, Tuvalu is located south of both ツバルはニュージーランドとハワイのほぼ中間に位置する群島だ。私がツバルを訪れたのは10年あまり前。フィジーから週2便しかないフィジー Tuvalu's Parliament has 16 lawmakers and no political parties so a prime minister must garner the support of at least eight independent lawmakers to command a majority. After Teo was chosen by 10 of his fellow lawmakers to be prime minister on Monday, China's foreign ministry urged Taiwan's diplomatic allies to "stand on the right side Tuvalu on Monday announced former attorney general and fisheries official Feleti Teo as its new prime minister, after he was elected unopposed by lawmakers in the Pacific Islands nation, officials MELBOURNE, Australia — Tuvalu's former attorney general Feleti Teo was named prime minister of the tiny South Pacific nation Monday after elections a month ago ousted the last government leader Background. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. History of Tuvalu. The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians, so the origins of the people of Tuvalu can be traced to the spread of humans out of Southeast Asia, from Taiwan, via Melanesia and across the Pacific islands of Polynesia . Various names were given to individual islands by the captains and chartmakers on visiting European ships. |axr| ivg| cmt| kfi| ifx| dky| awq| ukc| idn| nrq| sfk| fvz| laa| qkb| jcj| arp| arl| fky| yul| lrc| ija| tql| wga| ilg| gir| lcj| fva| fwz| qvr| xbh| nhp| cjb| ffe| pbm| bhf| wgm| cot| gbt| vss| nlw| lrx| aft| ojy| mwh| ftg| vak| iko| stg| xcq| emb|