Jan

South Pacific - Tuvalu Paraiso in a French Polynesia

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With only 26 square miles, Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, composed of tropical islands and coral and narrow coral atolls comprising blue lagoons. Only 12,000 people live in the nine islands of Tuvalu .

It was reported that Tuvalu is a country that pollutes less, despite being the first that will suffer from the damage caused by global warming due to global warming, the small territory of the country is in danger of being submerged by the waters oceânicas.Tal risk has been highly publicized by environmentalists as an example of the consequences of uncontrolled emissions of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases. Most of the islands are not 7 feet tall.

Situated in the center of Oceania, the Pacific Ocean, the area gets significant resources from the sale of fishing licenses, boats Formosa (Taiwan), South Korea and the United States. Another source of income is the sale of stamps and coins to collectors.

The small population of Tuvalu is almost exclusively of Polynesian origin, tuvaluana speakers of the language (which is one and only official language spoken by this population), English is also the official language of Tuvalu.

There are no museums in the country, but the islands themselves are the best museum for art and ancient culture can be appreciated.

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