Malampa is one of the six provinces of

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

, located in the center of the country. It consists of three main islands:

Malakula Malakula Island, also spelled Malekula, is the second-largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides, in Melanesia, a region of the Pacific Ocean. Location Malakula is separated from the islands of Espiritu Santo and Malo by ...

Ambrym Ambrym is a volcanic island in Malampa Province in the archipelago of Vanuatu. Volcanic activity on the island includes lava lakes in two craters near the summit. Etymology Ambrym (also known as ''Ambrin'', ''"ham rim"'' in the Ranon language ...

and

Paama Paama (Paama language: VoumCrowley, Terry. (1982). ''The Paamese Language of Vanuatu. Pacific Linguistics, Series B – No. 87''. Canberra: ANU Printing Services.) is a small island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu. The island is about 8 km ...

, and takes its name from the first syllable of their names. It includes a number of other islands – the small islands of

Uripiv Uripiv Island is a small inhabited island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Uripiv lies off the north coast of Malekula Island. The estimated terrain elevation above the sea level is some 8 meters. Population As of 2015, the of ...

Norsup Norsup is an island across the bay from the village with the same name on Malakula Island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu. It is located near Lakatoro, the capital of Malampa Province. Population According to the 2009 census, it has a population o ...

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, Wala, Atchin and Vao off the coast of Malakula, and the volcanic island of

Lopevi Lopevi (or Lopévi) is an uninhabited island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu. It lies to the southeast of Ambrym and east of Paama. Geography Lopevi consists of the 7-km-wide cone of the active stratovolcano by the same name. It reaches a peak of 14 ...

(currently uninhabited). Also included are the

Maskelynes Islands The Maskelyne Islands, often abbreviated as the Maskelynes, are a small chain of low islands that forms part of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Among the islands are Awei, Avock, Leumanang, Uluveo, and Vulai. Uluveo (also called Maskelyne) is the ...

and some more small islands along the south coast of Malakula.

Population

It has a population of 36,722 (2009 census) 2009 Census Summary release final
- Government of Vanuatu people and an area of 2,779 km². Its capital is

Lakatoro Lakatoro is the capital of Malampa Province of the island country of Vanuatu. It is situated on the eastern shore of Malakula and is the largest settlement in that island. Lakatoro consists of a couple of retail shops, a supermarket, a local mark ...

on Malakula.

Islands

Mountains

* Pénot * Maroum

Bays

Black Sand Bay Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have of ...

South West Bay South West Bay () is an open bay indenting the west side of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Heard Island immediately north of Cape Gazert in the southern Indian Ocean. The bay was roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Ch ...

References

Provinces of Vanuatu States and territories established in 1994 {{Vanuatu-geo-stub