List of cities in Vanuatu
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Below is a partial list of cities in Vanuatu
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Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
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- BunlapBunlapBunlap is a village in the south-east of Pentecost Island in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. It is the most well-known of a number of local kastom villages whose people aspire to retain a traditional lifestyle with minimal Western influences....
- ForariForariForari is one of the three most used ports in Vanuatu. It is on the eastern end of Éfaté Island, which is also the island where the capital is, Port Vila. It is about 1,260 miles from the coast of Australia....
- IpikilIpikilIpikil is a city nestled on Sulphur Bay on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, set between New Guinea and Fiji. It was once a stronghold of the John Frum movement. In April 2000, Lake Isiwi burst down the valley, destroying the Village of Sulphur Bay without loss of life...
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- IsangelIsangelIsangel is a city in Vanuatu. Located on the island of Tanna, it is the provincial administrative capital of Tafea Province. The town has a population of about 1,200, most of them Melanesians; the major languages of the area are Lénakel and the national tongue Bislama, an English creole....
- LakatoroLakatoroLakatoro is the capital of Malampa Province of the island country of Vanuatu. It is situated on the eastern shore of Malakula and is the largest settlement in that island....
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- LonganaLonganaLongana is located on the eastern part of Ambae island in Penama Province, Vanuatu. It covers land area of approximately . It is on this part of the island where the headquarters of Penama province called Saratamata is located. A proposed plan has been put forward by the provincial Government to...
- LorevilkoLorevilkoLorevilko is a village in northeast Espiritu Santo, Sanma Province, Vanuatu. The name comes from the East Santo language and means "wild kava." The land is the ancestral land of the late chief Hinge. His five sons have established villages in the area, which is between Sara and Hog...
- LuganvilleLuganvilleLuganville, called "Santo" by people from Vanuatu's northern islands who use Luganville as their big city, and called "Kanal" by rural residents of the large island of Espiritu Santo, is the second largest city in Vanuatu. The population is .Luganville is one of Vanuatu's busiest ports,...
- LénakelLenakelLenakel is the largest town on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It is located on the west coast of the island near the administrative capital of Isangel and serves as a major port of entry. It is the center of the Lenakel language, one of the five Tanna languages native to the island; Vanuatu's...
- Port OlryPort OlryPort Olry is a Francophone town on Espiritu Santo island in the Sanma Province of Vanuatu. Known for its verdant green hills, superb white sand beaches, and snorkeling, the village offers access via an underwater sandbar to two local nature reserve islands at low tide...
- Port VilaPort VilaPort Vila is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. Situated on the south coast of the island of Efate, in Shefa Province, the city population at last was 29,356, an increase of 55% on the previous census result . This suggests a 2007 population of about 40,000 or around 65% of the province's...
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- Sulphur BaySulphur BaySulphur Bay is a bay on the eastern side of Tanna island in Vanuatu. Nearby is Mount Yasur, called the world's most accessible volcano, and the area is the center of the John Frum cargo cult, a movement that believes their savior, an American World War II GI, resides within Yasur...
- WhitesandsWhitesandsWhitesands or White Sands is a town on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. Located on the northeast side of the island near Sulphur Bay, the area is a center of the indigenous Whitesands language and the John Frum cargo cult. It is a growing tourist destination....