| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Oceania |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Parliamentary Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
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%. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5%. |
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