Vanuatu has been divided into six provinces since 1994. The names of all provinces are derived from the initial letters of their constituent islands: Image File history File links Vanuatu_regions. ... This article is about political regions. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
From 1985 to 1994 it was divided into eleven island regions: Malampa is a province of Vanuatu, occupying the islands of Malakula, Vao, Atchim, Ambrym and fourteen others (of which at least four are inhabited). ... Penama is a province of Vanuatu, occupying the islands of Ambae, Maewo, and Pentecost. ... Categories: Oceania geography stubs | Provinces of Vanuatu ... Shefa is an arabic word (شفا) means healing or recovery. ... Tafea is a province of Vanuatu. ... Torba is the northernmost province of Vanuatu, including the Banks Islands and the Torres Islands. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Vanuatu suffered from the practice of flbirding, wherein half of the adult male population of some of the islands became indentured workers in Australia.
Vanuatu has a republican political system headed by a President who has primarily ceremonial powers and is elected by a two-thirds majority in an electoral college consisting of members of Parliament and the presidents of Regional Councils.
Vanuatu is recognised as a distinct terrestrial ecoregion, known as the Vanuatu rain forests.
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