The country consists of more that 80 small islands and officially is called the Republic of Vanuatu. Located in the South Pacific Ocean more than two thousand km away from Australia and around 800 km west of the island of Fiji. The island was inhabited by the Melanesian population when is was discovered by an Portuguese navigator. The island was claimed as a property of Spain and named Espiritu Santo. Later the islands were claimed by the British and the country only started is independence movement in the 70’s.
