Basic facts about Tuvalu
| Country name: | Tuvalu |
| Capital: | Funafuti |
| Country code: | 415 |
| Continent: | Australia-Oceania |
| Currency name: | Australian dollar |
| Independence: | 1978-10-01 00:00:00 |
| Independent from: | from the UK |
| Total area (km2): | 26 |
| Land area (km2): | 26 |
| Water area (km2): | 0 |
| Population: | 10,698 |
| Population note: | 10,698 (July 2013 est.) |
| Official language: | Tuvaluan English |
| All languages: | Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) |
| Time zone: | UTC+12 |
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| Drive on: | left |
| Calling code: | +688 |
| Domain: | .tv |