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	Vanuatu was first settled by Melanesian peoples around 3000 years ago. The islands were first discoverd by [[Europe\|Europeans]] in 1606 with the arrival of [[Portuguese Republic\|Portuguese]] explorer [[Pedro Fernandez de Quiros]] who named them Terra Austrialis del Espiritu Santo. Europeans would return in 1768 with [[French Republic\|French]] explorer [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]] naming the islands Les Grandes Cyclades. Then in 1774 [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] explorer [[James Cook]] charted the islands and named them the New Hebrides.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[BBC]]\|title=Vanuatu country profile\|date=2023-10-27\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16426193\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260303124241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16426193\|archive-date=2026-03-03}}</ref>		Vanuatu was first settled by Melanesian peoples around 3000 years ago. The islands were first discoverd by [[Europe\|Europeans]] in 1606 with the arrival of [[Portuguese Republic\|Portuguese]] explorer [[Pedro Fernandez de Quiros]] who named them Terra Austrialis del Espiritu Santo. Europeans would return in 1768 with [[French Republic\|French]] explorer [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]] naming the islands Les Grandes Cyclades. Then in 1774 [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] explorer [[James Cook]] charted the islands and named them the New Hebrides.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[BBC]]\|title=Vanuatu country profile\|date=2023-10-27\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16426193\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260303124241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16426193\|archive-date=2026-03-03}}</ref>

	Throughout the 19th and 20th century much of the indigenous population would be kidnapped from the islands for [[Slavery\|slave]] labour in European [[Colonialism\|colonies]]. In 1906 formal colonial rule was established in Vanuatu under joint Anglo-Franco rule. The New Hebrides achieved independence from colonial rule in 1980 and took the name Vanuatu.<ref name=":0" />		Throughout the 19th and 20th century much of the indigenous population would be kidnapped from the islands via [[blackbirding]] for [[Slavery\|slave]] labour in European [[Colonialism\|colonies]]. In 1906 formal colonial rule was established in Vanuatu under joint Anglo-Franco rule. The New Hebrides achieved independence from colonial rule in 1980 and took the name Vanuatu.<ref name=":0" />

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-{{Infobox country|name=Republic of Vanuatu|native_name=Ripablik blong Vanuatu<br>République de Vanuatu|image_flag=Flag of Vanuatu.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Vanuatu.svg|capital=Port Vila|largest_city=Port Vila|government_type=Unitary parliamentary republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Nikenike Vurobaravu]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Charlot Salwai]]|image_map=Vanuatu on the globe (Polynesia centered).svg|map_width=320px|area_km2=12,189|population_estimate=335,908|population_estimate_year=2023}}
+{{Infobox country|name=Republic of Vanuatu|native_name=Ripablik blong Vanuatu<br>République de Vanuatu|image_flag=Flag of Vanuatu.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Vanuatu.svg|capital=Port Vila|largest_city=Port Vila|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary parliamentary republic under a [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]]|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Nikenike Vurobaravu]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Jotham Napat]]|image_map=Vanuatu on the globe (Polynesia centered).svg|map_width=320px|demonym=Ni-Vanuatu|area_km2=12,189|population_estimate=335,908|population_estimate_year=2023|currency=Vatu|currency_code=VUV|calling_code=+678|iso3166code=VU|cctld=.vu}}
-'''Vanuatu''', officially the '''Republic of Vanuatu''', is a country in [[Oceania]] situated in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
+'''Vanuatu''', officially the '''Republic of Vanuatu''', is a country located in the [[Melanesia]] region of [[Oceania]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The archipelego is situated northeast of [[New Caledonia]], east of [[Independent State of Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]], southeast of the [[Solomon Islands]], and west of [[Republic of Fiji|Fiji]].
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{{Infobox country|name=Republic of Vanuatu|native_name=Ripablik blong Vanuatu<br>République de Vanuatu|image_flag=Flag of Vanuatu.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of Vanuatu.svg|capital=Port Vila|largest_city=Port Vila|government_type=Unitary parliamentary republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Nikenike Vurobaravu]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Charlot Salwai]]|image_map=Vanuatu on the globe (Polynesia centered).svg|map_width=320px|area_km2=12,189|population_estimate=335,908|population_estimate_year=2023}}

'''Vanuatu''', officially the '''Republic of Vanuatu''', is a country in [[Oceania]] situated in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
[[Category:Countries]]