Vanuatu, [a] officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu; Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an archipelagic country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean.

Ülkenin resmi adı Vanuatu Cumhuriyeti, eski adı Yeni Hebridler'dir. Cumhuriyet ile yönetilmektedir. 30 Temmuz 1980 tarihinde ülke ortak yönetim olan Fransa ve Birleşik Krallık 'tan koparak bağımsızlığını ilan etmiş ve aynı tarihte meclis anayasasını kabul etmiştir.

Most of the inhabitants of Vanuatu (98.5%) are native Melanesian, or Ni-Vanuatu, with the remainder made up of a mix of Europeans, Asians and other Pacific islanders. A few of the islands are Polynesian outliers. About 2,000 Ni-Vanuatu live and work on New Caledonia.

Carte interactive du Vanuatu. Le Vanuatu, en forme longue la république de Vanuatu[8],[9] ou république du Vanuatu[10], est un pays situé en mer de Corail et faisant partie de la Mélanésie. L' archipel est composé de 83 îles pour la plupart d'origine volcanique.

Formerly the jointly administered Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides, Vanuatu achieved independence in 1980. The name Vanuatu means “Our Land Forever” in many of the locally used Melanesian languages. The capital, largest city, and commercial centre is Port-Vila (Vila), on Éfaté.

Vanuatu Cumhuriyeti, Pasifik Okyanusu’nda, Yeni Hebridler takımadalarına ait 83 adaya yayılan bir ülkedir. Ülke, yanardağlar, dağlar, şelaleler, nadir bitki ve hayvan türleri gibi bozulmamış doğasını korumuştur.

Durante la década de 1970 surgió un movimiento independentista, y en 1980 se fundó la República de Vanuatu. Cabe destacar que Vanuatu es el único país de Oceanía que tiene el francés como idioma oficial (fuera de los territorios franceses como Nueva Caledonia).

Vanuatu is a Y-shaped chain of 83 islands stretching roughly 1,300 kilometres through the South Pacific, most of them mountainous and volcanic in origin. Fourteen are large enough to farm and settle at scale; the rest are the smaller, wilder edges of the country. Efate holds the capital, Port Vila.

Vanuatu is best known as a chain of about 83 volcanic islands in the South Pacific, where living kastom, active volcanoes and warm village hospitality sit alongside reefs and blue holes.

Vanuatu was discovered by Austronesians of the Lapita culture 3,000 years ago. Vanuatu first had contact with Europeans in 1606, when Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, a Portuguese explorer sailing for the Spanish crown, came to the island.