{"id":45956,"date":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmp-blog.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/tuvalu-5-interestingfacts\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:59:03","slug":"tuvalu-5-interestingfacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/tuvalu-5-interestingfacts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Islands of Tuvalu: 5 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn\u2019t know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the country called Tuvalu? Formerly called Ellice Islands is a Polynesian island nation made up of three\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reef\">reef<\/a>\u00a0islands and six true\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atoll\">atolls<\/a>. Check out 5 interesting facts about this country below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Tuvalu is a pretty small country with a population of about 10,000 is just 26 sq km and is the fourth smallest country in the world which makes it larger than only the Vatican City, Monaco, and Nauru.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37453\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/tuvalu-island-travelstart-nigeria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/tuvalu-island-travelstart-nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"tuvalu-island-travelstart-nigeria\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuvalu Island (Source: veryjerly.wordpress.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2. Tuvalu is made up of nine small islands scattered over 500,000 sq mi of the western Pacific, just south of the equator. The islands include; Niulakita, Nukulaelae, Funafuti, Nukufetau, Vaitupu, Nui, Niutao, Nanumaga (Nanumanga), and Nanumea. Transportation between islands is by boat which allows you to enjoy the beautiful site of lagoons, reefs and possibly engage in some fishing as you commute between its islands.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37451\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Tuvalu-maps-travelstart-nigeria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Tuvalu-maps-travelstart-nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"Tuvalu-maps-travelstart-nigeria\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Tuvalu (Source: www.mappery.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3. Funafuti is the capital of Tuvalu where the only airport is located. Funafuti is the only island mass with accommodations, this is where you have about 56.6% of the Tuvalu\u00a0population.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37455\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Funafuti-airport-travelstart-nigeria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Funafuti-airport-travelstart-nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"Funafuti-airport-travelstart-nigeria\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funafuti Airport (Source: www.tripadvisor.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>4. During the 2nd world war, the islands was a strategic location for the American troops because the nearby islands of Kiribati in the Pacific were occupied by the Japanese troops. For this reason you can find World War\u00a0II\u00a0artefacts in parts of the Tuvalu\u00a0Islands, this includes an old runway on the north-eastern side of Nanumea, and a wreck on the reef near the village of Numea and more wrecks at Motulalo islet in Nukufetau. The island of Fongafale was the main base for soldiers and there are war relics there too, as well as an underground bunker on the islet of Tepuka. Making Tuvalu a great destination for history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37452\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Tuvalu-war-relics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Tuvalu-war-relics.jpg\" alt=\"Tuvalu-war-relics\" width=\"680\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuvalu War Relics (Source: www.tuvalu-odyssey.net)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>5. The Popular \u2018.tv\u2019 domains except for names like com.tv, net.tv, org.tv etc, is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet\">Internet<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Country_code_top-level_domain\">country code<\/a> top-level <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Country_code_top-level_domain\">domain<\/a> belonging to Tuvalu. This generates around $2.2 million each year from royalties which makes about 10% of the country\u2019s total revenue.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking of going on a beautiful vacation to the Pacific, then Tuvalu\u00a0seems to be a perfect place for a getaway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the country called Tuvalu? Formerly called Ellice Islands is a Polynesian island nation made up of three\u00a0reef\u00a0islands and six true\u00a0atolls. Check out 5 interesting facts about this country below. &nbsp; 1. Tuvalu is a pretty small country with a population of about 10,000 is just 26 sq km and is the fourth smallest country in the world which makes it larger &#8230; <a title=\"The Islands of Tuvalu: 5 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn\u2019t know\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/tuvalu-5-interestingfacts\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Islands of Tuvalu: 5 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn\u2019t know\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,6],"tags":[1441,1442,1443],"class_list":["post-45956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations-travel","category-travel","tag-atolls","tag-reef-islands","tag-tuvalu","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Islands of Tuvalu: 5 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn\u2019t know - Nigeria Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/tuvalu-5-interestingfacts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Islands of Tuvalu: 5 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn\u2019t know - Nigeria Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you heard of the country called Tuvalu? 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