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Espiritu Santo

#34 in World

Vanuatu

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Area
4K km²
Coordinates
-15.3700, 166.9000
Category
islands

Overview

Vanuatu's biggest island, fringed by blue holes and WWII wrecks.

About

Espiritu Santo, usually just called Santo, is the largest island in the nation and archipelago of Vanuatu, with an area of 3,955.5 km2 (1,527.2 sq mi), although Efate, on which the capital city of Port Vila is located, has a larger population. As of 2020, the population of Santo was 37,328. Luganville is the only true town on the island.

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