Vanuatu Introduction 2012, CIA World Factbook

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Vanuatu Introduction 2012

SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

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Background:
Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding 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.

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Vanuatu Introduction 2012 SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES