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Money: (AUD)
Australian Dollar: Bills and Coins
Capital: Fongafale
Independence: 1 JAN 1976
(as Tuvalu: 1 OCT 1978)
From: Great Britain
Land Area: 10 sq miles (25.9 km)
Language: English; Tuvaluan
Population: 11,052
Religion: 97% Church of Tuvalu;
LDS Presence
Remarks: UK protectorate in 1892 and became a colony in 1916.
Territories: Funafuti Atoll Formerly called Ellice Islands