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Tuvalu (formerly the Ellice Islands) lie between 5° 30’ and 11° S. lat. and 176° and 180° E. long, comprise Nanumea, Nanumanga, Niutao, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti (capital and administrative centre), Nukulaelae and Niulakita. Population (Dec. 1973) 5,817. Area approximately 9½ sq. miles (24 sq. km). The population is of a Polynesian race; their language is also known as Ellice.
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Paxton, J. (1976). Tuvalu. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271050_51
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