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Tuvalu is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its name means "Eight Standing Together" in Tuvaluan. Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries in the world, in fact, the fourth smallest. Tuvalu also has very poor lands. There is almost no potable water, and the soil is hardly usable for agriculture.

Due to their low elevation (5 meters, or 16 feet maximum), the islands that make up this nation are threatened by any future sea level rise. The population of 11,636 (July 2005 est.) may evacuate during the next decades to New Zealand, or Niue.