What is Port Vila?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Port Vila | settlement_type = [[Capital city]] | nickname = | image_skyline = Port Vila aerial.jpg | image_caption = Port Vila in November 2006 | image_flag = Flag of Port Vila.png | image_seal = Coat of Port Vila.png | seal_type = Coat of arms | pushpin_map = Vanuatu | pushpin_label = Port Vila | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Vanuatu | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Vanuatu|Province]] | subdivision_name = [[Vanuatu]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Shefa Province]] | coordinates = {{coord|17|43|59|S|168|19|0|E|display=inline,title}} | population_total = 49034 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://vnso.gov.vu/images/Pictures/Census/2020_census/Census_Volume_1/2020NPHC_Volume_1_-_Version_2.pdf |title=2020 National Population and Housing Census - Basic Tables Report, Volume 1, Version 2 |date=2021-11-17 |website=vnso.gov.vu |publisher=[[Vanuatu National Statistics Office]] |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905022046/https://vnso.gov.vu/images/Pictures/Census/2020_census/Census_Volume_1/2020NPHC_Volume_1_-_Version_2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} '''Port Vila''' is the [[capital city]] of [[Vanuatu]]. Located on the south coast of the island of [[Efate]], it has the country's most important dock and airport, [[Bauerfield International]], making it the nation's economic and commercial center. As of the 2020 census, the population as 49,034. During [[World War II]], Port Vila was an [[United States|American]] and [[Australian]] airbase. In 1987 and 2015, [[tropical cyclone]]s badly damaged the city. == References == {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:National capitals in Oceania]] [[Category:Cities in Vanuatu]]