Uripiv
{{Short description|Island in Malampa, Vanuatu}}
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|location=Pacific Ocean
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|archipelago = Vanuatu
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|elevation_m = 8
|country = {{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|country_admin_divisions_title =Province
|country_admin_divisions =Malampa Province
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|population = 351
|population_as_of = 2015
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Uripiv is a small inhabited island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.{{cite web |title=Uri and Uripiv Islands, Malekula |url=http://www.positiveearth.org/bungalows/malampa/uri_uripiv.htm |publisher=Positive Earth |access-date=6 August 2018}} Uripiv lies off the north coast of Malekula Island.{{cite web |title=URIPIV ISLAND, LIFE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, ROADS OR INTERNET |url=http://www.thelostpassport.com/uripiv-island-vanuatu/ |publisher=The Lost Passport |access-date=6 August 2018 |date=4 October 2018}} The estimated terrain elevation above the sea level is some 8 meters.{{cite web |title=Uripiv |url=https://elevationmap.net/uripiv-vu-1003073239 |publisher=Elevation Map |access-date=8 August 2018}}
Population
As of 2015, the official population of the island was 351 people in 76 households.{{cite web |title=2015 Vanuatu National Population and Households Projections by Province and Islands |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2015-03_VNSO_COPY_Vanuatu_provincial_and_island_population_estimates-18March2015.pdf |access-date=6 August 2018|publisher= Vanuatu National Statistics Office}} Local people speak Uripiv language, a dialect of the language spoken on the north-east coast of Malakula. The language is referred to as Northeast Malakula or Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin, and is spoken on the islands of Uripiv, Wala, Rano, and Atchin and on the mainland opposite to these islands.
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