Outline of Vanuatu

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vanuatu:

Contents

• Geography of Vanuatu
• Environment of Vanuatu
• Natural geographic features of Vanuatu
• Administrative divisions of Vanuatu
• Government and politics of Vanuatu
• Executive branch of the government of Vanuatu
• Legislative branch of the government of Vanuatu
• Judicial branch of the government of Vanuatu
• Foreign relations of Vanuatu
• International organization membership
• Law and order in Vanuatu
• Military of Vanuatu
• History of Vanuatu
• Culture of Vanuatu
• Art in Vanuatu
• Sports in Vanuatu
• Economy and infrastructure of Vanuatu
• Infrastructure of Vanuatu
• References

Vanuatu – sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The Vanuatu Archipelago is some 1,750 kilometres (1,087 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 km (310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is of volcanic origin. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. Europeans began to settle in the area in the late 18th century. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the country and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago through a British-French Condominium as the New Hebrides. An independence movement was established in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.