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Key Facts
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Population
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10,837
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Area
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26 km2
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Official Language
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Tuvaluan and English
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Capital
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Funafuti
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Time
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(UTC+12)
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Currency
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Australian dollar(AUD)
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Constitution
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Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy & Non-partisan democracy
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Climate
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westerly gales and heavy rain from October to March, the period that is known as Tau-o-lalo, with tropical temperatures moderated by easterly winds from April to November
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Economy
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Government revenues largely come from sales of fishing licenses, income from the Tuvalu Trust Fund, and from the lease of its highly fortuitous .tv Internet Top Level Domain (TLD).
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Traveler Information
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http://www.timelesstuvalu.com/
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Investment Authority/Ministry of Economy
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http://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?ID=1356
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Media Links
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http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/tuvalu.htm
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