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Sounds of the Islands
Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located
in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbors
are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true
atolls. Its population of 12,373 makes it the third-least-populated sovereign state
in the world, with only Vatican City and Nauru having fewer inhabitants.
East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (Tetum: Timor Lorosae; officially the
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises
the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and
Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian
West Timor.
