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   ocr: TUVALU 451 Official Name: Tuvalu Capital: F ongafale Population: 9,061 Currencies: Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar Official language: No official language ONE OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST, mostisolated states, Tuvalulies Nanumea Nukufetau 650mi. north of Fiji in the central Pacific. a Niutaos A chain of nine coral atolls, 360 mi.long,it ne has aland area of just over 65 sq. mi. As the Nanumaga Fale, Ellice Islands, it was linked to the Gilbert Islands as a British colony until independence A Nui 1782 Motulalo in1978.Politically and socially conservative, Tuvaluans live by subsistence farming and ...