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Updates: 

ISO 3166-2 has come out in a second edition, dated 2007-12-15. Unexpectedly, the code for Nui council was changed from NIU to NUI.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO council codes for Tuvalu. They are shown in the table below. They are the same as the codes from an early draft version, ISO/DIS 2166-2, which had not been supported.

Celvin Ruisdael helped me track down the 2002 census data for Tuvalu. I used Tuvalu's Central Statistics Division 's data, except that they show Niulakita separately from Niutao. I combined the two islands.

Country overview: 

Short name	TUVALU
ISO code	TV
FIPS code	TV
Language	Tuvalu,English (en)
Time zone	+12
Capital	Funafuti

 

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate at the beginning of the 20th century. The colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands was formed on 1915-11-12, by annexing some additional island possessions to the protectorate. The Ellice Islands separated on 1975-10-01, taking the name Tuvalu. The country became fully independent exactly three years later.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Tuvalu
2. Dutch: Tuvalu
3. English: Ellice Islands (obsolete)
4. Finnish: Tuvalu
5. French: Tuvalu m
6. German: Tuvalu n
7. Icelandic: Túvalú
8. Italian: Tuvalu
9. Norwegian: Tuvalu
10. Portuguese: Tuvalu
11. Russian: Тувалу
12. Spanish: Tuvalu
13. Swedish: Tuvalu
14. Turkish: Tuvalu

Origin of name: 

"Tuvalu" is said to be Tuvaluan for "eight islands" or "cluster of eight". (In fact, there are nine inhabited islands.)

Primary subdivisions: 

Tuvalu is divided into seven island councils and a town council.

Council	HASC	ISO	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Funafuti	TV.FN	FUN	4,492	2.8	1.1	Fongafale
Nanumanga	TV.NG	NMG	589	2.8	1.1	Tonga
Nanumea	TV.NA	NMA	664	3.9	1.5	Lolua
Niutao	TV.NT	NIT	698	3.0	1.1	Kua
Nui	TV.NU	NUI	548	2.8	1.1	Tanrake
Nukufetau	TV.NF	NKF	586	3.0	1.2	Savave
Nukulaelae	TV.NL	NKL	393	1.8	0.7	Fangaua
Vaitupu	TV.VI	VAI	1,591	5.6	2.2	Asau
8 councils			9,561	25.6	9.9
Council: These divisions are island councils, except for Funafuti, which is a town council. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. Population: 2002-11-01 census.

Territorial extent: 

Niutao includes the island of Niulakita (Nurakita).