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Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) [7] is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north ...
Tuvaluan man in traditional costume drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841 during the United States Exploring Expedition.. Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans on 16 January 1568, during the voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer and cartographer, who sailed past the island of Nui, and charted it as Isla de Jesús (Spanish for "Island of Jesus").
Tuvalu participated in the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), which resulted in the Paris Agreement, a global agreement to use best efforts to reduce global warming "to well below 2 degrees C". August 2016 Etimoni Timuani was the sole representative of Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event. June 2017
This page lists the individual Tuvalu year pages. It only references years after 1978, when the country gained independence from the United Kingdom. Twenty-first century
Geography of Tuvalu: The islands of Tuvalu are spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. [ 7 ] Geographic coordinates : 5°41′S 176°12′E / 5.683°S 176.200°E / -5.683; 176.200 to 10°45′S 179°51′E / 10.750°S 179.850°E / -10.
Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of ...
The holiday started in 1922, the 50th anniversary of Christianity being brought to Nanumea. The pastor, Peniata, wanted this day to be an island-wide occasion. To realize this plan, the Christian Nanumeans, including Peniata, went from door to door singing hymns in a bid to convince those who still worshiped Tefolaha and the old Tuvaluan gods ...
The Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau is the government body in Tuvalu that issues new stamps and first day covers, which are purchased by stamp collectors around the world. The Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau is located in Funafuti. The first stamps of Tuvalu were overprinted stamps of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands issued on 1 January 1976. [2]