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	Tuvalu
		The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate from 1892 to 1916 and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony from 1916 to 1974.
		Tuvalu became a colony in 1916 and was legally separated from Kiribati in 1975, becoming an independent constitutional monarchy on 1 October, 1978.
		Its nearest neighbors are Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) to the north, Rotuma and Wallis Island to the south, the Solomon Islands to the west, and Tokelau to the east.
	www.lycos.com /info/tuvalu.html (638 words)

	Tuvalu
		Tuvalu, inhabited since the beginning of the first millennium BC, was first visited by Europeans in 1568, with the arrival of Alvaro de Mendana y Neyra[?] from Spain.
		In 1892, the islands became part of the British protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands[?], with Tuvalu being called the Ellice Islands.
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth, with the British queen as the head of state.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Tuvalu.html (526 words)

	Tuvalu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate from 1892 to 1916 and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony from 1916 to 1974.
		Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans in 1568 with the arrival of Alvaro de Mendaña y Neyra from Spain, who encountered the island of Nui but was unable to land.
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II recognised as Queen of Tuvalu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tuvalu (2058 words)

	World InfoZone - Tuvalu Facts
		The first European to sight islands of Tuvalu (Nui and Niulakita) was the Spanish navigator Alvaro Mendana de Neyra (1568 and 1595).
		In 1892 Tuvalu became part of the British Protectorate of the Gilbert (Kiribati) and Ellice Islands (Tuvalu).
		Tuvalu is a member of the University of the South Pacific in Suva (Fiji).
	www.worldinfozone.com /facts.php?country=Tuvalu (446 words)

	Tuvalu: Islands
		Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia.
		Its nearest neighbours are ► Kiribati, ► Tokelau, ► Samoa, ► Wallis and Futuna, ► Fiji and the ► Solomon Islands.
		Tuvalu became a member of United Nations in 2000 and maintains a mission at the UN in New York.
	www.lycos.com /info/tuvalu--islands.html?page=3 (438 words)

	Tuvalu
		The islands were renamed Tuvalu and on 3 December 1976 a new flag was adopted: the British blue ensign with arms.
		The state flag of Tuvalu was reported in Gaceta de Banderas number 58 (January 2000) by Michel Lupant, who has a photograph of "the Tuvalu High Commission [sic] in Suva (Fiji), Tuvalu's only embassy".
		Tuvalu (independent 1979, formerly the Ellice Islands colony) changed its flag on 1 Oct 1995.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tv.html (1709 words)

	Tuvalu: An Overview
		Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries in the world, after the Vatican, Monaco, and Nauru.
		Tuvalu translates to "eight standing together" and refers to the eight traditional islands of Tuvalu (Nanumea, Niutao, Nanumaga, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae).
		Tuvalu is often described as a canary in a mine, with predictions that it will become the first country to follow Atlantis into the ocean.
	www.moyak.com /researcher/resume/papers/Tuvalu.html (3029 words)

	Toodle-oo, Tuvalu! - Pacific Islands - World - Travel - smh.com.au
		But there's a downside: Tuvalu may be one of the next countries to disappear off the face of the earth - a victim of rising sea levels and the greenhouse effect.
		On our outings around the island, it was easy to talk with the villagers, from the teenager using his laptop on the beach to the women selling fish and the elder playing with his great-grandson.
		Tuvalu is not the place to go if you want television, movies and night life with your holiday - none of these really exist for the traveller.
	www.smh.com.au /news/pacific-islands/toodleoo-tuvalu/2006/03/03/1141191799319.html (2294 words)

	Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
		Tuvalu is composed of 9 coral atolls along a 360 mile chain in Polynesia.
		The former Ellice Islands is home to a population of 9,700.
		The government of Tuvalu was established in January, 1976, ending its status as a colony and part of the Gilbert and Ellice Colony.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/tuvalu.html (190 words)

	WONDERING, WAITING ON TENUOUS TUVALU - November 30, 2005
		Tuvalu may be an Atlantis of the South Seas, a sunken monument over the rich world’s insatiable appetite for consumption and their lack of concern as to the consequences.
		Tuvalu is regarded as one of the least developed nations in the world, but it is also among those who per capita gets the most foreign aid.
		In news reports all over the world, it was stated that all of the islands of Tuvalu were on the verge of being submerged, and that "convoys of refugees" were on their way to New Zealand.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2005/November/11-30-ft.htm (2201 words)

	Charting the Pacific - Places
		Tuvalu (formally known as Ellice Islands) is an independent state inhabited by Polynesians.
		Tuvalu is an independent state with the English monarch as head of state.
		From the 1820s to the 1870s the islands of Tuvalu were frequented by numerous whalers and beachcombers.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/tuvalu.htm (487 words)

	Place:Tuvalu - Genealogy
		Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans in 1568 with the arrival of Alvaro de Mendaña y Neyra from Spain, who encountered the island of Niue but was unable to land.
		As low lying islands lacking a surrounding shallow shelf, the island communities of Tuvalu are especially susceptible to changes in sea level and storm patterns that hit the island undissipated.
		The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission suggest that while Tuvalu is vulnerable to climate change, there are additional environmental problems such as population growth and poor coastal management, which are affecting sustainable development on the island, they rank the country as extremely vulnerable using the Environmental Vulnerability Index.
	www.werelate.org /wiki/Place:Tuvalu (765 words)

	Tuvalu (TUV) - Country Information - ADB.org
		Tuvalu is an ultra-small atoll economy with a total population of 11,810 (July 2006 est.).
		The public sector in Tuvalu is disproportionably large, and it sways the economic growth as well as the income distribution.
		Tuvalu’s small size, its isolation from markets, and its harsh environment are significant constraints to the country’s development.
	www.adb.org /tuvalu/country-info.asp (1459 words)

	Tuvalu
		Although Tuvalu is to the north of the recognized hurricane belt, the islands have been struck on a number of occasions in modern times by severe cyclones (Maddison, 1989), with three cyclones in 1997 (World Factbook).
		The islands are composed of coral reefs built on the outer arc of the ridges formed by pressure from the Central Pacific plate against the ancient Australian landmass (Trewren, 1986).
		Breadfruit trees abound in Tuvalu and their leaves could be used as fodder for ruminant livestock nutrition in case the Government of Tuvalu deemed it necessary to introduce ruminant livestock in the future, but this is thought unlikely.
	www.fao.org /ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/counprof/southpacific/tuvalu.htm (1164 words)

	Tuvalu - Country Profile - Ellice Islands - Polynesia - South Pacific
		The Western Pacific nation of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands consists of nine tiny coral atolls (26 sq km), home to about 12 000 people, its location is south of the equator and west of the dateline about midway between Hawaii and Australia.
		Tuvalu is one of the worlds smallest nations and unusual an independent state with the english monarch as head of state.
		Up-to-date news of all the islands of the South Pacific.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/tuvalu.htm (560 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries of the region.
		The Tuvalu Trust Fund, an investment vehicle owned by the state of Tuvalu, was established in 1987 to help the government achieve greater financial autonomy in the management of its financial affairs, and to help maintain or improve the levels of social infrastructure and services.
		Tuvalu is also associated with the EU as a member of the Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Group, through its accession to the Cotonou Agreement.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019061923284 (941 words)

	Tuvalu: small islands with global problems
		To environmental groups this is a paradise-about-to-be-lost; they and the government fear the low-lying group of islands is sinking, a victim of higher ocean levels caused by global warming.
		Tuvalu has already played a role in the scientific understanding of atolls and a large coral stone monument in the grounds of Government House marks its contribution.
		Tuvalu, between Australia and Hawaii, is a nation of 11,000 people occupying 26 square kilometres (10 square miles) scattered over an exclusive economic zone of 1.3 million square kilometres (500,000 square miles).
	www.terradaily.com /2004/040223062949.yehwym0h.html (658 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Regional Information - Australasia and Oceania - Oceania - Tuvalu
		Tuvalu is comprised of the six coral atolls of Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, Nukulaelae, Nanumaya, Niutao and Niulakita.
		The terrain of the islands is comprised of low-lying narrow coral atolls, many of which encompass lagoons and house inland salt and at least one freshwater pool.
		The islands of Tuvalu are so remote that even the animal population of dogs and Polynesian rats were introduced to the islands by man. If the only activity you enjoy is lazing underneath a coconut palm on your own stretch of deserted beach then Tuvalu would appeal to you.
	www.worldworx.tv /regional-information/australasia-oceania/oceania/tuvalu/index.htm (456 words)

	Tuvalu Accommodation & Travel Information, South Pacific Islands - Jasons Travel Channel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, Tuvalu was granted independence from Kiribati (the former Gilbert Islands) in 1975, and is now a constitutional monarchy.
		The islands of Tuvalu are quite unique in that there are no mountains, waterfalls or natural streams, although the atolls are separated by large expanses of ocean.
		Tuvalu's handcrafts are famed throughout the South Pacific and include intricately woven fans, mats and baskets, as well as trays, necklaces, wood carvings and fish hooks carved from wood or clam shell.
	www.jasons.com /tuvalu/tuvalu-area (824 words)

	Pacific Islands - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		These seven territories are New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna, all administered by France; Tokelau, administered by New Zealand; Pitcairn Island, administered by Britain; and American Samoa and Guam, administered by the United States.
		Among the nations that have entered compacts of free association with the United States or New Zealand, the pattern is for local self-government with matters of defense overseen by the foreign power.
		The Marshall Islands, for example, operate under a locally written constitution providing for a popularly elected president and legislature.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761595628___48/Pacific_Islands.html (404 words)

	History of Tuvalu
		Eventually, the islands came under Britain's sphere of influence as the Pacific was divided up in the late 19th century.
		The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate (1892-1916) and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony (1916-74).
		Tuvalu became fully independent in 1978 and in 1979 signed a treaty of friendship with the United States, which recognized Tuvalu's possession of four small islands formerly claimed by the United States.
	www.historyofnations.net /oceania/tuvalu.html (438 words)

	Pacific Ocean - Tuvalu
		Tuvalu — one of the worlds smallest independent nations — consists of a group of five atolls and four islands spread over some 570 km of the western central Pacific, located between the Gilbert Islands to the north and the islands of Fiji and Wallis and Futuna to the south.
		In additon to the atolls there are also four islands: Niutao (2.26 km²) and Nanumanga (3.10 km²) in the north, Vaitupu (5.09 km²) — the largest landmass in the group — in the centre — and in the south the small island of Niulakita (0.4 km²).
		Average rainfall on Funafuti is 3,000 mm, with the islands of the north being drier.
	oceandots.com /pacific/tuvalu (311 words)

	Endangered Islands Campaign - Global Warming
		Island nations, many of which are the most vulnerable countries to climate change, may get increased funding for climate adaptation measures from a number of bilateral and multilateral aid agencies.
		The islands of Maldives are situated on the equator southwest of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.
		The islands of Tuvalu, located in the Pacific Ocean and no more than 15 feet above sea level, is one of the many small island states that are in danger of being washed away as a result of sea level rise, the inevitable consequence of global warming.
	www.climate.org /programs/endangered-islands.shtml (1897 words)

	Harish Palaniappan's: Tuvalu Islands: The nation that got lucky
		Hailed, as the fourth smallest country in the world tuvalu islands is making good money with the selling of.tv domains to such extent that it got enough money by 2000 to join the united nations given its small size, population and economy.
		Through the deal tuvalu islands would be paid a huge sum for every year in royalty and licences for a decade to come.
		Tuvalu has around 10000 people in its country and only 27 square miles in size (should be approx 70 sqkm).
	www.harishpalaniappan.com /blog/archives/tuvalu_islands_the_nation_that_got_lucky.html (682 words)

	Tuvalu Law & Government
		History Tuvalu was formerly known as the Ellice Islands, and from 1916 to 1975 was part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
		The population of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice or Lagoon Islands, is thought to have dropped from 20,000 in 1850 to 3,000 in 1875, thanks to slave-traders and imported European diseases.
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
	www.lawresearch.com /v2/global/ztv.htm (594 words)

	Noonsite: Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The islands lie just below the equator and west of the Dateline, their nearest neighbours being Kiribati, 200 miles to the north, and Fiji, 600 miles south.
		With a total land area of only 11 sq miles (26 sq km), Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries in the world, spread out in half a million square miles of ocean.
		Tuvalu lies on the northern edge of the hurricane belt, and occasionally severe cyclones strike the islands, as did cyclone Ofa in February 1990.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/Tuvalu (317 words)

	Pacific Island Books : Tuvalu
		The present government of Tuvalu continues to support the perpetuation of these old songs by bringing to bear the staying power of print along with new technology in the form of compact discs.
		Suamalie Iosefa is a Minister and senior administrator in the Tuvalu Church, Doug Munro teaches at the University of the South Pacific, and Niko Besnier teaches at Yale University.
		It is intended both as a contribution to the knowledge of Pacific history and as an expression of Tuvalu’s cultural identity, complementing the political identity officially born in 1978 when Tuvalu became an independent nation.
	www.pacificislandbooks.com /tuvalu.htm (1068 words)

	Energy: Tuvalu, South Pacific Islands
		The experience of Tuvalu in the Pacific islands indicates that for electrification in areas with low load density and managed growth solar energy can be a very reasonable solution.
		These qualifications were easily reached in Tuvalu by using a cooperative fee-for service system, where the co-op ran the system and the utility owned and delivered maintenance on a fee-for service basis.
		For now the experience in Tuvalu is an encouraging step toward sustainable development, with the implementation of an environmentally conscious renewable energy source.
	www.colby.edu /personal/t/thtieten/ener-sp.html (831 words)

	Other Islands of Polynesia
		The traditions of the Cook Island Maori, as they call themselves, trace their ancestry on the southern islands back to Tahiti and the Marquesas over 1,000 years ago, with Samoan and Tongan migrations settling in the northern islands.
		According to their own traditions, the people of Tuvalu — which means "cluster of eight" low-lying coral atolls which total less than 10 square miles of land mass — came from Samoa, Tonga, the northern Cook Islands, Rotuma and the Gilbert Islands (now called Kiribati), starting in the 14th century.
		Tuvalu, one of the smallest and more remote countries in the world, is concerned global warming might eventually lead to their atolls being inundated by a rising ocean.
	www.polynesia.com /islands/other_islands.html (1227 words)

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