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Vanuatu has been divided into six provinces since 1994. The names in English of all provinces are derived from the initial letters of their constituent islands:

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! Province !! Capital !! Main islands !! Land Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population<br />Census 2020

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|1

|||Lakatoro||Ambrym, Malakula, Paama||align="right" |2,779||align="right" |42,499

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|2

|||Saratamata||Pentecost Island, Ambae, Maéwo||align="right" |1,198||align="right" |35,607

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|3

|||Luganville||Santo, Malo||align="right" |4,248||align="right" |60,884

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|4

|||Port Vila||Efate, Shepherd Islands, Epi||align="right" |1,455||align="right" |103,987

|-

|5

|||Isangel||Tanna, Aniwa, Futuna, Erromango, Anatom||align="right" |1,628||align="right" |45,714

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|6

|||Sola||Banks and Torres Islands||align="right" |882||align="right" |11,330

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|||Port Vila||&nbsp;|| align="right" |12,190|| align="right" |300,019

|}

thumb|Provinces of Vanuatu

Municipalities

The provinces are in turn divided into municipalities <!--(usually consisting of an individual island)not true, nine islands have more than one municipality--> headed by a council and a mayor elected from among the members of the council.

In Tafea Province, for example, are the following municipalities (council areas):

  • North Erromango
  • South Erromango
  • North Tanna
  • West Tanna
  • Middle Bush Tanna
  • Whitesands
  • South West Tanna
  • South Tanna

The islands of Aniwa, Futuna and Aneityum appear to consist of one municipality each.

Island regions (historical)

From 1985 to 1994 it was divided into eleven island regions:

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!Island<br />Region ||Capital||part of<br />current<br />Province||Land Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) || Population<br />Census 1999<br />or estimate

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|Ambae & Maéwo||Longana||Penama||align="right" |708||align="right" |14,646

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|Ambrym||Eas||Malampa||align="right" |678||align="right" |7,787

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|Banks &Torres||Sola||Torba||align="right" |882||align="right" |7,757

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|Éfaté||Port Vila||Shefa||align="right" |915||align="right" |50,000

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|Epi||Ringdove||Shefa||align="right" |451||align="right" |3,000

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|Malakula||Lakatoro||Malampa||align="right" |2,043||align="right" |23,361

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|Paama||Liro||Malampa||align="right" |58||align="right" |1,557

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|Pentecost||Loltong||Penama||align="right" |490||align="right" |12,000

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|Santo &Malo||Luganville||Sanma||align="right" |4,248||align="right" |36,084

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|Shepherd Islands||Morua||Shefa||align="right" |89||align="right" |1,439

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|Taféa||Isangel||Tafea||align="right" |1,628||align="right" |29,047

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|New Hebrides||Port Vila||&nbsp;||align="right" |12,189||align="right" |186,678

|}

Districts (historical)

During the Condominium era, specifically from 1968 to 1984 the group was divided into four administrative districts:

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!District ||Capital||Main Islands||Current<br />Provinces||Land Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) || Population<br />Census 1999

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|Southern&nbsp;District<br />(Tanna)||Lénakel||Tanna, Aniwa, Futuna, Erromango, Anatom||Tafea||align="right" |1,628||align="right" |29,047

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|Central&nbsp;District&nbsp;1<br />(Efaté)||Port Vila||Efate, Epi, Shepherd Islands||Shefa||align="right" |1,455||align="right" |54,439

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|Central&nbsp;District&nbsp;2<br />(Malékoula)||Lamap||Ambrym, Malakula, Paama, Pentecôte||Malampa, Penama&nbsp;(part)||align="right" |3,269||align="right" |44,705

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|Northern&nbsp;District<br />(Santo)||Luganville||Santo, Malo, Banks and Torres Islands, Aoba, Maewo||Sanma, Torba, Penama&nbsp;(part)||align="right" |5,838||align="right" |58,487

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|Vanuatu||Port Vila||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||align="right" |12,189||align="right" |186,678

|}

Districts (1950)

In the 1950s, districts appeared to denote the finest administrative level, finer than the current municipalities or council areas, but above the village level. The island of Tanna was subdivided into 12 such districts, in 1952:

  • District Sud (ou de Kwamera)
  • District de Green PointDistrict Sud-Ouest
  • District de Lenakel
  • District Nord-Ouest
  • District de Green Hill et de Launalang
  • District du Centre Nord
  • District du Centre Brousse
  • District de Loanvialu
  • District de Waesisi
  • District de White Sands

See also

  • ISO 3166-2:VU

References