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What every visitor should know about Vanuatu:
- Money
- The currency is the Vanuatu vatu
(VUV). 10 VUV is worth
about US$0.11, or €0.07.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Port-Vila (on Efate)
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Vanuatu facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 218,519
- Language
- local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)
- Ethnicity
- Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5%
Economy
- GDP
- US$4,700 (per capita)
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