Efate

Efate, originally named Sandwich Island and also known as Île Vate or just Vate, is an in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the in , and the capital city, , is located on the island.
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is the capital of . Vanuatu's largest town, with some 50,000 people, it lies on the south coast of the island of Efate in the province of , right in the middle of the archipelago.

Efate

Latitude
-17.679° or 17° 40′ 44″ south
Longitude
168.3942° or 168° 23′ 39″ east
Population
50,000
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
5VJC89CV+CM
Geo­Names ID
2137141
Wiki­data ID
Q266594
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Efate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيفات”
  • Asturian: “Efate”
  • Asturian: “Éfaté”
  • Basque: “Efate”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Эфатэ”
  • Belarusian: “Эфатэ”
  • Bislama: “Efate”
  • Bulgarian: “Ефате”
  • Catalan: “Efate”
  • Catalan: “Éfaté”
  • Cebuano: “Éfaté Island”
  • Chinese: “埃法特岛”
  • Croatian: “Efate”
  • Czech: “Efate”
  • Dutch: “Efate”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “افات”
  • Esperanto: “Efate”
  • Estonian: “Efate”
  • Finnish: “Efate”
  • French: “Éfaté”
  • Galician: “Efaté”
  • Georgian: “ეფატე”
  • German: “Efate”
  • German: “Éfaté”
  • Greek: “Εφάτε”
  • Hindi: “एफ़ाते”
  • Indonesian: “Efate”
  • Italian: “Éfaté”
  • Japanese: “エファテ島”
  • Korean: “에파테섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Efatė”
  • Macedonian: “Ефате”
  • Marathi: “एफाटे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Efate”
  • Persian: “آتشفشان افات”
  • Polish: “Efate”
  • Polish: “Éfaté”
  • Portuguese: “Éfaté”
  • Russian: “Эфате”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Efate”
  • Silesian: “Efate”
  • Slovenian: “Efate”
  • Slovenian: “Île Vate”
  • Spanish: “Efate”
  • Spanish: “Éfaté”
  • Swahili: “Efate”
  • Swedish: “Éfaté”
  • Ukrainian: “Ефате”
  • Vietnamese: “Efate”
  • Western Mari: “Эфате”

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