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title="Port Vila – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%96%E1%88%AD%E1%89%B5_%E1%89%AA%E1%88%8B" title="ፖርት ቪላ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፖርት ቪላ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7" title="بورت فيلا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بورت فيلا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puertu_Villa" title="Puertu Villa – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Puertu Villa" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="পোর্ট ভিলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পোর্ট ভিলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт-Вила – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Порт-Вила" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт-Віла – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Порт-Віла" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт Віла – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Порт Віла" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт Вила – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Порт Вила" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%9D%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%81%E0%BC%8D" title="ཝེ་ལ་གྲུ་ཁ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཝེ་ལ་གྲུ་ཁ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Vila" title="Port-Vila – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Port-Vila" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7" title="پورت ڤيلا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="پورت ڤيلا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84_%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B1" title="Πορτ Βίλα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πορτ Βίλα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portvilao" title="Portvilao – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Portvilao" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7" title="پورت ویلا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پورت ویلا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Vila" title="Port-Vila – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Port-Vila" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%ED%8A%B8%EB%B9%8C%EB%9D%BC" title="포트빌라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포트빌라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%A1" title="Պորտ Վիլա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պորտ Վիլա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="पोर्ट विला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पोर्ट विला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%C3%A6" title="Порт-Вилæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Порт-Вилæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94" title="פורט וילה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פורט וילה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2-%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="პორტ-ვილა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პორტ-ვილა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт-Вила – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Порт-Вила" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B2_Vila" title="Pò Vila – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Pò Vila" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт-Вила – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Порт-Вила" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт-Вила – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Порт-Вила" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus_Vila" title="Portus Vila – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Portus Vila" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila" title="Vila – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vila" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Vila" title="Porto Vila – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Porto Vila" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт Вила – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Порт Вила" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2" title="പോർട്ട് വില – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പോർട്ട് വില" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="पोर्ट व्हिला – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पोर्ट व्हिला" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2-%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="პორტ-ვილა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="პორტ-ვილა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7" title="بورت فيلا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بورت فيلا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%93%E3%83%A9" title="ポートビラ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポートビラ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-vila" title="Port-vila – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Port-vila" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9F_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" title="ਪੋਰਟ ਵਿਲਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੋਰਟ ਵਿਲਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7" title="پورت ویلا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="پورت ویلا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_Vila" title="Pot Vila – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Pot Vila" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Vila" title="Porto Vila – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Porto Vila" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Vila" title="Port-Vila – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Port-Vila" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт-Вила – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Порт-Вила" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Порт Вила – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Порт Вила" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Port Vila" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" 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data-file-width="3647" data-file-height="2165" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top: left to right – aerial view of central Port Vila, Parliament building, Port Vila Harbour and Port Vila City Hall.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Port_Vila.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Port Vila"><img alt="Flag of Port Vila" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Vanuatu_location_map.svg/500px-Vanuatu_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="1156" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.244%;left:48.114%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Port Vila"><img alt="Port Vila" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Port Vila</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Vanuatu</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Port_Vila&params=17_44_S_168_19_E_region:VU_type:city(49034)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">17°44′S</span> <span class="longitude">168°19′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.733°S 168.317°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-17.733; 168.317</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vanuatu" title="Provinces of Vanuatu">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shefa_Province" title="Shefa Province">Shefa Province</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Vanuatu" title="List of islands of Vanuatu">Island</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Efate" title="Efate">Efate</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jenny_Regenvanu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jenny Regenvanu (page does not exist)">Jenny Regenvanu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Land_and_Justice_Party" title="Land and Justice Party">GJP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23.6 km<sup>2</sup> (9.1 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">59 m (194 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">49,034</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,100/km<sup>2</sup> (5,400/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+11">UTC+11</a> (VUT)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Port Vila</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">VEE</span>-lə</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Port-Vila</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[pɔʁ<span class="wrap"> </span>vila]</a></span>), or simply <b>Vila</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Bislama:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[viˈla]</a></span>), is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a> and its largest city. It is on the <a href="/wiki/Efate" title="Efate">island of Efate</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Shefa_Province" title="Shefa Province">Shefa Province</a>. </p><p>The population was 49,034 as of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_Vanuatu_census&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 Vanuatu census (page does not exist)">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, the population of Port Vila formed 16.3% of the country's population. </p><p>Located on the east coast of the island of Efate, Port Vila is the economic and commercial centre of Vanuatu. The mayor is Jenny Regenvanu of the <a href="/wiki/Land_and_Justice_Party" title="Land and Justice Party">Land and Justice Party</a>, the first woman to hold the position, elected in August 2024. Her deputy was <a href="/wiki/Marie_Louise_Milne" title="Marie Louise Milne">Marie Louise Milne</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Green_Confederation" title="Green Confederation">Green Confederation</a>, until the seat was vacated in January 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Locally, the town is most commonly referred to simply as "Vila", whether in French or <a href="/wiki/Bislama" title="Bislama">Bislama</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[viˈla]</a></span> or in English <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">VEE</span>-lə</i></a> (not like English "villa").<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name of the area is <i>Efil</i> in the native <a href="/wiki/South_Efate_language" class="mw-redirect" title="South Efate language">South Efate language</a> and <i>Ifira</i> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Mele-Fila_language" title="Mele-Fila language">Mele-Fila language</a>. <i>Vila</i> is a variant of these names. <a href="/wiki/Ifira" title="Ifira">Ifira</a> is a small island in Vila harbour where many traditional landowners reside. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Melanesian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Melanesian people">Melanesian people</a> have occupied the Port Vila area for thousands of years. In the autumn of 2004, an archaeological expedition known as <i><a href="/wiki/Teouma" title="Teouma">Teouma</a></i> discovered a burial site of 25 tombs containing three dozen skeletons of members of the <a href="/wiki/Lapita" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapita">Lapita</a> culture. Pieces of ceramics found at the site were dated to the 13th century BC.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Efate Island was charted in 1774 by <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>, who named it Sandwich Island. Cook's expedition did not land but noted the presence of good harbours and land suitable for European settlement. In the late 19th century, when the islands were known as the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>, the British initially had the dominant European presence. However, by the 1890s, the economic balance had begun favouring the French, who established large plantations. French citizen Ferdinand Chevillard began buying and clearing land around Port Vila to be converted into the largest French plantation on the island. Instead, it was converted into the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Franceville,_New_Hebrides" title="Franceville, New Hebrides">Franceville</a>, which declared independence on 9 August 1889, though this only lasted until June of the following year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After 1887, the territory was jointly administered by the <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a>. This was formalized in 1906 as an Anglo-French <a href="/wiki/Condominium_(international_law)" title="Condominium (international law)">Condominium</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Port Vila was an American and Australian airbase.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1987, <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Uma" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclone Uma">Cyclone Uma</a> severely damaged the city.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/2002_Port_Vila_earthquake" title="2002 Port Vila earthquake">powerful earthquake</a> on 3 January 2002 caused minor damage in the capital and surrounding areas.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city suffered massive damage from a category 5 cyclone named <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Pam" title="Cyclone Pam">Cyclone Pam</a> on 13 March 2015, whose <a href="/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)" title="Eye (cyclone)">eye wall</a> passed just to the east of Port Vila.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 December 2024, <a href="/wiki/2024_Port_Vila_earthquake" title="2024 Port Vila earthquake">a magnitude 7.3 earthquake</a> reportedly damaged almost every single house in Port Vila, resulting in 16 fatalities.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_for_the_Coordination_of_Humanitarian_Affairs" title="United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs">United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs</a> estimated that 116,000 people had been directly affected by the earthquake,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> equivalent to a third of Vanuatu's population.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Vila has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climate</a>, more specifically a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a>, with noticeably wetter and drier months. As the trade winds are almost permanent and cyclones are not rare in Port Vila, the climate is not equatorial but maritime trade-wind tropical climate.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rainfall averages about 2,338.9 millimetres or 92.08 inches per year, and the wettest month is March. The driest month is September. There are 153 wet days in an average year. The area also has south-east <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a>. Temperatures do not vary much throughout the year, and the record high is 35.6 °C or 96.1 °F. The coolest month, July, has an average high of 27 °C or 80.6 °F, and an average low of 18 °C or 64.4 °F. The hottest month, February, has an average high of 31.2 °C or 88.2 °F and an average low of 23 °C or 73.4 °F. The record low for Port Vila is 8.5 °C or 47.3 °F. <a href="/wiki/Humidity" title="Humidity">Humidity</a> is often high. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Port Vila, Vanuatu (<a href="/wiki/Bauerfield_International_Airport" title="Bauerfield International Airport">Bauerfield International Airport</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(72.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">316.1<br />(12.44) </td> <td style="background: #003E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">273.7<br />(10.78) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">320.9<br />(12.63) </td> <td style="background: #007500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">255.2<br />(10.05) </td> <td style="background: #00C400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">210.3<br />(8.28) </td> <td style="background: #00E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180.0<br />(7.09) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.4<br />(3.72) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.4<br />(3.44) </td> <td style="background: #78FF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.3<br />(3.44) </td> <td style="background: #37FF37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">134.1<br />(5.28) </td> <td style="background: #00D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.3<br />(7.57) </td> <td style="background: #00E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">187.2<br />(7.37) </td> <td style="background: #00D600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,338.9<br />(92.09) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4040FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.4 </td> <td style="background: #1E1EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.6 </td> <td style="background: #1A1AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.5 </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.1 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">153.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">84 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22<br />(71) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.1 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.4 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.4 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">165.0 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.5 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.0 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.8 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.4 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">174.0 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.4 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180.0 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.3 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,135.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a><sup id="cite_ref-DWD_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/vanuatu/port-vila/climate">Time and Date</a> (dewpoints, between 2005–2015)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economy_and_transport">Economy and transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy and transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Vanuatu" title="Economy of Vanuatu">Economy of Vanuatu</a></div> <p>Port Vila is Vanuatu's most important <a href="/wiki/Harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbour">harbour</a> and the center of the country's trade. The international airport, <a href="/wiki/Bauerfield_International_Airport" title="Bauerfield International Airport">Bauerfield International</a> (<b>VLI</b>), is also located in the city. <a href="/wiki/Air_Vanuatu" title="Air Vanuatu">Air Vanuatu</a> has its head office in Vanuatu House in Port Vila.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major industries in the city remain agriculture and fishing. Tourism is also becoming important, especially from <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>. There were over 80,000 visitors in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vanuatu is a <a href="/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a>, and offshore financing in Port Vila is an important part of the economy. </p><p>Vanuatu is still dependent on <a href="/wiki/Foreign_aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign aid">foreign aid</a>, most of which comes from Australia and New Zealand, although in recent years, assistance has also come from <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. One example was New Zealand paying to train doctors selected from the local community, then paying part of their wages during the first year after qualification. Australia has paid consultants to work in <a href="/wiki/Port_Vila_Central_Hospital" title="Port Vila Central Hospital">Port Vila Central Hospital</a>. </p><p>35.7% of exports leave from Port Vila, and 86.9% of imports arrive in Port Vila.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Vanuatu" title="Demographics of Vanuatu">Demographics of Vanuatu</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG/250px-Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG/330px-Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG/500px-Port-Vila_cath_Sacre_Coeur.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur,_Port_Vila" title="Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur, Port Vila">Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur, Port Vila</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The population is around 45,000; predominately <a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesian</a>, with small <a href="/wiki/Polynesia" title="Polynesia">Polynesian</a>, Asian, Australian and European populations, mainly French and British. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Vila is home to many languages, reflecting the country's <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Vanuatu" title="Languages of Vanuatu">high linguistic diversity</a>. </p><p>The capital city's daily <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> is <a href="/wiki/Bislama" title="Bislama">Bislama</a>, but English and French are also widely spoken. </p><p>Among Vanuatu's 100 <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Vanuatu#Indigenous_languages" title="Languages of Vanuatu">indigenous languages</a>, many are spoken in the capital, as people from rural areas come to live in the city, either temporarily or permanently. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christianity is the predominant religion across Vanuatu, followed by more than 90% of the population. The largest denomination is the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Vanuatu" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu">Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu</a>, followed by one-third of the population. Roman Catholicism and the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Melanesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Melanesia">Church of Melanesia</a> are also common, each about 15%. <a href="/wiki/Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur,_Port_Vila" title="Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur, Port Vila">Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur</a> is a modern Roman Catholic cathedral in Port Vila. The seat of the Diocese of Port Vila,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the church is dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred Heart of Jesus">Sacred Heart of Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 5, 2020, <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</a> announced plans to construct a temple in the city, and the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> community is also established in Port Vila.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_education">Culture and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Culture and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highlights_of_the_city">Highlights of the city</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Highlights of the city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The capital of Vanuatu has various sights to offer. There are several memorials, e.g., opposite the Parliament, where two traditional totem poles and a monument representing a pig's tusk can be seen. The Presbyterian Church of Port Vila is an impressive and sightworthy building opposite the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Park,_Port_Vila" title="Independence Park, Port Vila">Independence Park</a>. A colourful wall painting can be seen on the administration building opposite the market hall. Another noteworthy wall painting is on the façade of the post office. The City Hall of Port Vila is an oblong and sightworthy building on a hill in the city centre. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1275594942">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center .gallery{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left .gallery{justify-content:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right .gallery{justify-content:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery.gallery.gallery{line-height:1.35em;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;column-gap:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{outline:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "],html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{outline:solid #d7d7d7 1px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{background:none!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb img:not([alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]):not([alt*="\200b \200b \200c "]){background:white!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]{filter:invert(1)hue-rotate(180deg)}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "],html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{outline:solid #d7d7d7 1px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{background:none!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb img:not([alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]):not([alt*="\200b \200b \200c "]){background:white!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]{filter:invert(1)hue-rotate(180deg)}}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="title"><div>Cityscape</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Presbyterian Church"><img alt="Presbyterian Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg/250px-PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg/330px-PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg/500px-PortVilaPresbyterianChurch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3647" data-file-height="2057" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Presbyterian Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortVilaWallPainting.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wall painting opposite the market"><img alt="Wall painting opposite the market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/PortVilaWallPainting.jpg/130px-PortVilaWallPainting.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/PortVilaWallPainting.jpg/194px-PortVilaWallPainting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/PortVilaWallPainting.jpg/259px-PortVilaWallPainting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1484" data-file-height="2060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wall painting opposite the market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanuatu_Parliament,_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vanuatu Parliament"><img alt="Vanuatu Parliament" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Vanuatu_Parliament%2C_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg/250px-Vanuatu_Parliament%2C_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Vanuatu_Parliament%2C_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg/330px-Vanuatu_Parliament%2C_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Vanuatu_Parliament%2C_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg/500px-Vanuatu_Parliament%2C_Port_Vila_-_Flickr_-_PhillipC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3167" data-file-height="2009" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vanuatu Parliament</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Memorial opposite the Parliament building"><img alt="Memorial opposite the Parliament building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg/180px-PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg/270px-PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg/360px-PortVilaMemorialAtParliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3404" data-file-height="2573" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Memorial opposite the Parliament building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Vila_market.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Market hall"><img alt="Market hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Port_Vila_market.jpg/180px-Port_Vila_market.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Port_Vila_market.jpg/270px-Port_Vila_market.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Port_Vila_market.jpg/360px-Port_Vila_market.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="631" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Market hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortVilaMarketHall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Market"><img alt="Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/PortVilaMarketHall.jpg/180px-PortVilaMarketHall.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/PortVilaMarketHall.jpg/270px-PortVilaMarketHall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/PortVilaMarketHall.jpg/360px-PortVilaMarketHall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortVilaPostOffice.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Post office. The building once marked the unofficial demarcation between the two sectors of Port Vila, the British Paddock to the south and the Quartier français to the north"><img alt="Post office. The building once marked the unofficial demarcation between the two sectors of Port Vila, the British Paddock to the south and the Quartier français to the north" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/PortVilaPostOffice.jpg/180px-PortVilaPostOffice.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/PortVilaPostOffice.jpg/270px-PortVilaPostOffice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/PortVilaPostOffice.jpg/360px-PortVilaPostOffice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Post office. The building once marked the unofficial demarcation between the two sectors of Port Vila, the British Paddock to the south and the Quartier français to the north</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The natural harbour as viewed from town looking out at sea with Iririki Island to the left"><img alt="The natural harbour as viewed from town looking out at sea with Iririki Island to the left" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG/250px-Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG/330px-Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG/500px-Port_Vila_Vanuatu_Harbour.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2432" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The natural harbour as viewed from town looking out at sea with Iririki Island to the left</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortVilaCityHall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="City Hall"><img alt="City Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/PortVilaCityHall.jpg/250px-PortVilaCityHall.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/PortVilaCityHall.jpg/330px-PortVilaCityHall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/PortVilaCityHall.jpg/500px-PortVilaCityHall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3647" data-file-height="2165" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">City Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Grand Hotel and Casino Vanuatu, the tallest building in the country"><img alt="Grand Hotel and Casino Vanuatu, the tallest building in the country" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg/250px-Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg/500px-Port_Vila_-_The_Biggest_Casino_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grand Hotel and Casino Vanuatu, the tallest building in the country</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vanuatu_Cultural_Centre">Vanuatu Cultural Centre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Vanuatu Cultural Centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu_Cultural_Centre" title="Vanuatu Cultural Centre">Vanuatu Cultural Centre</a></div> <p>The Vanuatu Cultural Centre, hosting the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Vanuatu" title="National Museum of Vanuatu">Vanuatu National Museum</a>, is located at the Saralana Park in front of the National Parliament, close to the National Library and the <a href="/wiki/Malvatumauri" class="mw-redirect" title="Malvatumauri">Malvatumauri</a> (Vanuatu National Council of Chiefs). This institution is an important place to preserve and promote the different aspects of the local culture. Traditional artifacts from several islands are on display in the museum. The centre also hosts the National Audiovisual Archives, the most critical fund of documents from the late 19th century until today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Heritage">World Heritage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: World Heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Vila was the location in August 1999 for the "2nd World Heritage Global Strategy Meeting for the Pacific Islands Region" held by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>. One of the major topics related to Vanuatu and the Pacific region was the question of the suitability of <a href="/wiki/Underwater_archeology" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwater archeology">underwater heritage</a> for inscription on the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_List" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage List">World Heritage List</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Port Vila is one location of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_South_Pacific" title="University of the South Pacific">University of the South Pacific</a>, an educational institution co-owned by twelve Pacific countries. The Vanuatu campus is the only law school in the university and teaches languages. </p><p>Upper secondary (sixth form/senior high school) institutions include: </p> <ul><li>Port Vila International School</li> <li>Central Secondary School</li> <li>Epauto Adventist Senior Secondary School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lycee_de_Montmartre" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycee de Montmartre">Lycee de Montmartre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_J._M._G._Le_Cl%C3%A9zio" title="Lycée Français J. M. G. Le Clézio">Lycée Français J. M. G. Le Clézio</a> (French international school)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malapoa_College" title="Malapoa College">Malapoa College</a> (Formerly known as British Secondary School)</li> <li>Onesua Presbyterian College</li> <li>NTCU Port Vila Christian College</li></ul> <p>Junior secondary (seventh form to tenth form) institutions include: </p> <ul><li>Port Vila International School</li> <li>Central Secondary School</li> <li>Malapoa College (Formerly known as British Secondary School)</li> <li>NTCU Port Vila Christian College</li> <li>Seaside Community Secondary School</li> <li>Sorovanga Self-Support Community School</li> <li>Suango Mele Junior Secondary School</li> <li>Ulei Junior Secondary School</li> <li>Vila North Secondary School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Institutions">Institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipality">Municipality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Municipality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality of Port Vila is divided into four wards and administered by a council of 14 members. The four wards are: </p> <ol><li>Malapoa-Tagabe: Western and far northern neighborhoods</li> <li>Anabrou-Melcofe-Tassiriki: Northern and Eastern neighborhoods</li> <li>Centre: Nambawan and Seaside neighborhoods</li> <li>South: Nambatu, Nambatri, and Elluk neighborhoods</li></ol> <p>Malapoa-Tagabe and South are allotted three representatives each to the council, while Anabrou-Melcofe-Tassiriki and Centre have four.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipality handles primary education, primary health care, regional planning, road maintenance and construction, trash collection, cemeteries, parks and open spaces, and tourism promotion. </p><p>There are also <a href="/wiki/Informal_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="Informal settlements">informal settlements</a> such as Blacksands, which are effectively Vila suburbs but outside the municipality. Living conditions in some of these neighbourhoods are deplorable. Lack of service provision and insecure land tenure are major problems.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blacksands was <a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Vanuatu" title="Squatting in Vanuatu">squatted</a> in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-Report_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most recent municipal council election was held in <a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Port_Vila_municipal_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 Port Vila municipal election (page does not exist)">2022</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituency">Constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Port Vila is one of the eighteen <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_constituencies_of_Vanuatu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of constituencies of Vanuatu (page does not exist)">constituencies</a> in Vanuatu and elects six <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Vanuatu" title="Parliament of Vanuatu">Members of Parliament</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/2016_Vanuatuan_general_election" title="2016 Vanuatuan general election">2016 general election</a>, its representatives are:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>Kenneth Natapei </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanua%27aku_Pati" title="Vanua'aku Pati">Vanua'aku Pati</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Moderate_Parties" title="Union of Moderate Parties">Union of Moderate Parties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jean Pierre Nirua </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kalo Seule </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Confederation" title="Green Confederation">Green Confederation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ephraim Kalsakau </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ulrich Sumptoh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Moderate_Parties" title="Union of Moderate Parties">Union of Moderate Parties</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Vila is served by <a href="/wiki/Bauerfield_International_Airport" title="Bauerfield International Airport">Bauerfield International Airport</a>, with service on many passenger and cargo airlines, including several foreign ones. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_Vila&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Oceania" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Oceania">List of twin towns and sister cities in Oceania</a></div> <p>Port Vila is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia"><img alt="French Polynesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bora-Bora_(commune)" title="Bora-Bora (commune)">Bora-Bora</a>, French Polynesia<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia"><img alt="New Caledonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/40px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/60px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dumb%C3%A9a" title="Dumbéa">Dumbéa</a>, New Caledonia<sup id="cite_ref-pireport_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pireport-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foshan" title="Foshan">Foshan</a>, China<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia"><img alt="New Caledonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/40px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_FLNKS.svg/60px-Flag_of_FLNKS.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lifou" title="Lifou">Lifou</a>, New Caledonia<sup id="cite_ref-pireport_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pireport-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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