What is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu?

The capital of the island nation of Tuvalu is Funafuti.

Funafuti is an atoll made up of a ring of islets surrounding a broad lagoon in the central Pacific. It serves as Tuvalu’s capital district and the country’s administrative, commercial, and population center. Government offices are concentrated on Fongafale, the atoll’s main inhabited islet, particularly around the settlement of Vaiaku.

Tuvalu became independent from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1978, and Funafuti was selected as the capital of the new country. Because the capital is an entire atoll rather than a single conventional city, references sometimes name Fongafale or Vaiaku instead. Those names identify the main islet and administrative settlement; Funafuti is the official capital designation.

The answer is often confused with Yaren, which is commonly described as the de facto capital of Nauru, or with Majuro and Tarawa, the capitals of the Marshall Islands and Kiribati.