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Tuvalu
Location marker · geographic overview
8° S / 178° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Population
- 9,646 2024
- Area
- 26 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Tuvaluan
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD), Tuvaluan dollar (TVD)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Tuvalu
Tuvalu is a group of nine low-lying islands and atolls in the South Pacific that form the fourth smallest country in the world. It is also one of the most isolated and remote independent countries in the world.
Landscape & landmarks
The Funafuti Conservation Area on the western side of the Funafuti atoll has some of the best natural sights, and includes reefs, the gorgeous lagoon, channel, parts of the ocean and island habitats.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
There are many lodges that have restaurants that serve food and beverages. They serve many cuisines such as Chinese, Italian, and Indian. Fish is abundant given its location.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-08. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Polynesia
- Calling code
- +688
- Internet domain
- .tv
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .tv. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.