13°45′S 167°30′E / 13.750°S 167.500°E / -13.750; 167.500

Torba (or TorBa) is the northernmost and least populous province of Vanuatu. It consists of the Banks Islands and the Torres Islands.

The province's name is derived from the initial letters of "TORres" and "BAnks".

The province has a population of 9,359 and an area of 882 square kilometres (341 square miles). Its capital is Sola on Vanua Lava.

These are the main islands of Torba Province, excluding smaller and uninhabited islets.

Banks Islands

Name	Population	Area in km
Gaua	2,491	342
Kwakéa	26	1.2
Merelava	647	18
Merig	12	0.5
Mota	683	9.5
Motalava	1,451	24
Ra	189	0.5
Ureparapara	437	39
Vanua Lava	2,597	314

Torres Islands

Name	Population	Area in km
Hiw	269	51
Linua	0	2.5
Lo	210	11.9
Metoma	13	3
Tegua	58	30.8
Toga	276	18.8

The Torba province has seventeen languages, which are all Oceanic. From north to south, they are: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon, and Mwerlap. With an average of 550 speakers per language, Torba is one of the most linguistically dense areas of Vanuatu, which is itself the country with the highest density of languages per capita in the world.

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• François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu" (PDF), in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, hdl:1885/14819, ISBN 9781922185235.