VANUATUhistorical demographical data of the islands |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGION | capital | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | e1998 | c1989 | c1967my | e1938 | code | code | code | pos. | particulars | variants of the name | ||||
source: | EW | BB | DV | EB | ISO | FIPS | |||||||||||
Ambae/Maéwo | Longana | 699 | 270 | 11,0 | AO | AM | NH05 | ne | Aoba/Maéwo | ||||||||
Ambrym | Eas | 666 | 257 | 7,2 | AM | AO | NH06 | ce | |||||||||
Banks/Torres | Sola | 882 | 341 | 6,0 | BT | BA | NH07 | n | includes Banks Isl., Vanua Lava, Mota Lava, Uréparapa, Vatu Rhandi a.o. | ||||||||
Éfaté | Vila | 923 | 356 | 30,9 | EF | EF | NH08 | cs | includes Éfaté, Nguna, Moso, Lélépa, Émao a.o. | ||||||||
Épi | Ringdove | 446 | 172 | 3,6 | EP | EP | NH09 | c | |||||||||
Malekula | Lakatoro | 2053 | 793 | 19,3 | MK | MA | NH10 | wc | includes Malekula, Tomman, Maskelyne | Malakula | |||||||
Paama | Liro | 60 | 23 | 1,7 | PM | PA | NH11 | c | includes Paama and Lopévi | ||||||||
Pentecost | Loltong | 499 | 193 | 11,3 | PC | PR | NH12 | ec | |||||||||
Santo/Malo | Luganville | 4248 | 1640 | 25,6 | SM | SM | NH13 | wc | includes Espíritu Santo, Malo, Aoré, Tutuba, Mavéa, Lathi a.o. | ||||||||
Shepherd | Morua | 86 | 33 | 4,0 | SH | SH | NH14 | c | includes Tongoa, Émaé, Tongariki, Makura, Mataso a.o. | ||||||||
Taféa | Isangel | 1628 | 629 | 22,4 | TF | TA | NH15 | se | includes Erromango, Tanna, Aneityum, Aniwa, and Futuna islands | ||||||||
TOTAL: | Vila | 12190 | 4707 | 142,9 | reorganization into 6 provinces in 1994: no further information available yet | ||||||||||||
MAIN ISLANDS: | |||||||||||||||||
Espíritu Santo | 3947 | 1500 | 32,4 | 11,9 | 4,0 | ES | Marina Island | ||||||||||
Malekula | 2041 | 23,8 | 11,2 | 7,0 | MK | Mallicolo, Malhicolo | |||||||||||
Éfaté | 985 | 45,0 | 12,0 | 1,7 | EF | Sandwich Island, Île Vaté | |||||||||||
Erromango | 975 | 1,7 | 0,6 | ER | |||||||||||||
Ambrym | 696 | 8,2 | 4,3 | 3,0 | AM | Ambrim | |||||||||||
Tanna | 550 | 24,9 | 10,5 | 6,5 | TN | Tana | |||||||||||
Paama | 33 | 1,9 | |||||||||||||||
Pentecost | 109 | 13,4 | 7,2 | 5,0 | PC | Aragh, Île Pentecote | |||||||||||
Épi | 444 | 4,8 | 2,0 | 3,0 | EP | Api | |||||||||||
Tonga | 42 | 2,3 | |||||||||||||||
Emae | 42 | 1,3 | |||||||||||||||
Aoba | 9,4 | 7,0 | 5,0 | AB | Omba, Ambae (?) | ||||||||||||
Vanua Lava | 819 | 1,6 | 3,5 | 0,3 | VL | Vanoua Lava | |||||||||||
Gaua | 1,5 | GA | Santa Maria | ||||||||||||||
Maéwo | 3,0 | MW | Aurora | ||||||||||||||
Anetchom | 177 | 0,9 | AT | Aneityum, Annatam, Anatom | |||||||||||||
TOTAL: | 10860 | 169,6 | 76,6 | 35,5 | |||||||||||||
former division (until ca 1985): | |||||||||||||||||
ISLAND COUNCIL | no further details are available of this former division | ||||||||||||||||
Central District Number 1 | Vila | C1 | NH01 | c | |||||||||||||
Central District Number 2 | Lamap | C2 | NH02 | w | |||||||||||||
Northern | Luganville | N | NH03 | n | |||||||||||||
Southern | Lenakel | S | NH04 | s |
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