FACTOID # 6: Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
 
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Oceania > Tuvalu > Identification

TUVALUAN IDENTIFICATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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15 character
Tuvalu
30 character
Tuvalu
Country name Tuvalu
Country name > Conventional long form none Time series
Country name > Conventional short form Tuvalu Time series
Country name > Former Ellice Islands Time series
Country name > Local long form none Time series
Country name > Local short form Tuvalu Time series
Country name > Note
"Tuvalu" means "group of eight," referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands
ISO code 798
ISO long TUV
ISO short
TV
Native names Tuvalu
Oceanographic code
TV
Translation > Catalan
Tuvalu
Translation > French
Tuvalu
Translation > German
Tuvalu
Translation > Italian
Tuvalu
Translation > Portugese
Tuvalu
UN code 798

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SOURCES: ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Microsoft.com; Wkipedia; IOC country codes

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tuvalu

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