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Oceania

The islands of the southern, western, and central Pacific Ocean, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The term is sometimes extended to encompass Australia, New Zealand, and the Malay Archipelago.

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What is the capital of Tuvalu?

Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand. It does not have an official capital, but the largest town is Atafu. The capital of New Zealand is Wellington.

What does Tuvalu mean?

"Tuvalu" means "group of eight" referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands.

What is the relative location of Guam?

Guam lies between 13.2°N and 13.7°N and between 144.6°E and 145.0°E

What are the impacts of tourism on kiribati language?

There are many impact of tourism on the kiribati Language and the one it can change our own stile talking

What is the symbol for Guam?

The Guam symbol meaning the seal, is crescent shaped, with the ocean, palm tree, and boat inside.

What do you call person who lives in Guam?

If they're native to the island they're called Chamorro, however if they're immigrants they're just Guamanians.

I asked my sister in law, shes a Guam native.

Or you can also call them, Guamibears : )

What is the basic unit of currency for Tuvalu?

The currency used in Tuvalu is the Tuvaluan dollar and the Australian dollar.

Aren't Oceania and Australia the same place?

Australia is a country and the continent Australia. Australasia and Oceania are different collective names for the countries of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and other groups of pacific islands including Tuvalu (or .tv as it is known domainly). No, Australia is the name of a country which is also considered a continental land mass. Australasia or Oceania refers to the continent which includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. The term 'Australia' cannot be used to describe these other countries.

How do you pronounce Oceania?

oh-shee-ANN-e-yuh

Answer Oh-see-arn-ee-ya, in some dialects, such as RP.

What countries colonized Oceania?

France, Germany, Britain, USA, and Japan. French Polynesia & Tahiti are under French rule. Parts of New Guinea and part of Samoa were colonized by Germans. The British colonized Kiribati. The US colonized Guam and part of Samoa. The Japanese also colonized several islands nearer to Japan such as the Bonins.

What are all the independent nations of Oceania?

* England had colonies in both Australia and New Zealand. * The islands of French Polynesia were known as the French Colony of Oceania. * The Netherlands had Netherlands New Guinea and the Dutch Indies (the latter were theoretically not part of the Oceanic region, but of Asia)

What is a citizen of Fiji called?

People from the Beautiful Islands of Fiji are called Fijians.

Is the continent Australia properly called Oceania?

Australia is the name of the continent on which the country of Australia exists.

Australasia is a region ... which includes Australia, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and is a part of Oceania.

Oceania is the entire region of the south west Pacific and includes Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and others.

So there is no other name for Australasia or Oceania - and while the regions do overlap, they are not the same thing.

Hence, comprehensively, Oceania is not a continent but a region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises many nations, their territories, and independent islands such as: * Australia * New Zealand * East Timor * Fiji * parts of Indonesia * New Caledonia * Papua New Guinea * Solomon Islands * Vanuatu * Micronesia * Guam * Kiribati * Marshall Island * Nauru * North Mariana Island * Palau * American Samoa * Cook Island * French Polynesia * Nive * Samoa * Tokelau * Tonga * Tuvalu * Wallis & Futuna.

Finally, being a large country by comparison, the states of Australia include Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. There are also two 'territories': Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

What the main export of kiribati?

timber, fish, palm oil, kernels, copra

What is the distance between Fiji and Paris?

There are approximately 10,265 miles from Paris to Fiji. The estimated flight time from Paris to Fiji is 21 hours and 5 minutes.

Is Tuvalu a low island?

Yes, Tuvalu consists of nine small islands whose highest point is about 15 feet above sea level.

Famous people in history from Guam?

For me personally, it would have to be the Calvo Family. They own stores, shopping malls, ect. I believe they are worth over Millions of dollars. But for most guamians the Governor and First Lady are pretty Famous.

Who is the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea?

Peter Charles Paire O'Neill is the current Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.


Peter O'Neill was first appointed to the position of Prime Minister on 2011 August 2, by Governor General Sir Michael Ogio due to an extended illness of Prime Minister Sir Michael Thomas Somare. However, the Supreme court ruled this appointment unconstitutional.


Somare later officially resigned, and O'Neill was officially made Prime Minister on 2012 August 4.