Country · Tuvalu
Tuvalu
1978–
Tuvalu is a Polynesian country of nine tiny atolls, one of the smallest states in the world. It separated from the Gilbert Islands and became independent in 1978. Rising seas threaten its existence.
Facts
- Founded
- 1 October 1978, independence from Britain.
- Source: CIA World Factbook
- Capital
- Funafuti.
- Source: CIA World Factbook
- Major rulers
- Toaripi Lauti, the first prime minister.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tuvalu
- Government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
- Source: CIA World Factbook
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