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HIV news : NA Population below poverty line news : NA . Literacy : NA House hold income lowest than 10% news : NA House hold income highest than 10% news : NA Inflation news : 5% (2000 est.) . Unemployment Rate news : NA . Internet Users news : 1,300 (2002) . Location : Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia . Geographic Coordinates : 8 00 S, 178 00 E . Religion Tuvalu news : Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% . Administrative region : none . Terrain : very low-lying and narrow coral atolls . Elevation extremes lowest : Pacific Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : unnamed location 5 m . Natural resources : fish . Land use arable land : 0%. Land use permanentcrops : 0%. Irrigated land : NA sq km . Natural hazards : severe tropical storms are usually rare, but, in 1997, there were three cyclones; low level of islands make them very sensitive to changes in sea level . Environment current issues : since there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant and plans to build one other); beachhead erosion because of the use of sand for building materials; excessive clearance of forest undergrowth for use as fuel; damage to coral reefs from the spread of the Crown of Thorns starfish; Tuvalu is very concerned about global increases in greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on rising sea levels, which threaten the country's underground water table; in 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in Tuvaluans if rising sea levels should make evacuation necessary . Geography note : one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon . Population news : 11,468 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 31,30%. age -14 men : 1 828. age -14 ladies : 1 761. age 15/64 p : 63,70%. age 15/64 men : 3 530. age 15/64 ladies : 3 770. age +65 p : 5%. age +65 men : 227. age +65 ladies : 352. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 24.2 years . median age male : 23.1 years . median age female : 25.6 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 1.44% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 21.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 7.24 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.04 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.94 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.65 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 67.66 years . life expectancy at birth male : 65.47 years . life expectancy at birth female : 69.96 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 3.02 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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2/2 News and Latest websites in Tuvalu. Tuvalu News latest last picture, phone Tuvalu, movie celebrity, fashion gadget, imigration immigration technology, music game, photo : Tuvalu. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over the next dozen years. Minimum salary : A$130 biweekly in the public sector; adopted by the private sector in most cases (216 USD/month)
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