VANUATU VANUATU REGION OCEANIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 30 1980 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 30 1980 POPULATION 189036 1999 EST AREA 4707 SQ MI CAPITAL PORT VILA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES FISH FREEZING MEAT CANNERIES TOURISM COCONUT OIL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COCONUTS COCOA COFFEE NATURAL RESOURCES FORESTS AGRICULTURAL LAND MARINE RESOURCES CURRENCY VATU GDP 240 MILLION 1997 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1300 1997 EST LANGUAGES FRENCH ENGLISH BISLAMA ALL ARE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES RELIGIONS PRESBYTERIAN ANGLICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC OTHER CHRISTIANITYS INDIGENOUS BELIEFS LITERACY RATE 53 LIFE EXPECTANCY 59 YEARS MALE 64 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 28 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
