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Quick Facts

Region:

Asia & Oceania

Full Name:

Republic of Vanuatu

Capital City:

Port-Vila (on Efate)

Language Spoken:

local languages (more than 100) 72.6%,
pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%,
English 1.9%,
French 1.4%,
other 0.3%,
unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)

Risk Rating Watch What is this?

Personnel risk: LOW
Evacuation risk: LOW

Recent Alerts What is this?

08/10/2009REGION HIT BY 3 MAJOR EARTHQUAKES

Background Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceeding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.

A personal risk rating is assigned to countries by assessing a range of factors including: the frequency and seriousness of violent crime in the country; the degree of political, economical and societal unrest; government stability; the potential for internal and external conflicts and; the presence and capabilities of terrorists, insurgents or other militant groups.

The Major Disruptions/Evacuation risk level for a country is assigned by assessing a range of factors about the country, with emphasis on the short and medium term potential for major disruptions that could force business operations to shut down and/or the evacuation of personnel.