Wallis and Futuna Islands
Territoire des îles Wallis-et-Futuna
Telituale o Uvea mo Futuna |
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Motto: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"
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Anthem: La Marseillaise
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Status | Overseas collectivity | ||||
Capital and largest city |
Mata-Utu 13°17′S 176°11′W / 13.283°S 176.183°W |
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Official languages | French | ||||
Vernacular languages |
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Ethnic groups | Polynesians | ||||
Demonym |
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Sovereign state | France | ||||
Government | Overseas collectivity | ||||
François Hollande | |||||
Jean-Francis Treffel | |||||
Mikaele Kulimoetoke | |||||
Patalione Kanimoa (since 2016) | |||||
Filipo Katoa (since 2016) | |||||
Eufenio Takala (since 2016) | |||||
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1959a | |||||
2003 | |||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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142.42 km2 (54.99 sq mi) (211th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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negligible | ||||
Population | |||||
• March 2014 estimate
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15,500 (228th) | ||||
• 2013 census
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12,197 | ||||
• Density
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57.9/km2 (150.0/sq mi) (125th) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2005 estimate | ||||
• Total
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US$188 million (not ranked) | ||||
• Per capita
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US$12,640 (not ranked) | ||||
HDI (2008) |
0.793 high · 132 |
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Currency | CFP franc (XPF) | ||||
Time zone | (UTC+12) | ||||
Calling code | +681 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | WF | ||||
Internet TLD | .wf | ||||
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Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (/ˈwɒlɪs/ and /fuːˈtuːnə/; French: Wallis-et-Futuna [walis.e.fytyna] or Territoire des îles Wallis-et-Futuna, Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: Uvea mo Futuna), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast. Though both French and Polynesian, Wallis and Futuna is distinct from the entity known as French Polynesia.
Its land area is 142.42 km2 (54.99 sq mi) with a population of about 12,000. Mata-Utu is the capital and biggest city. The territory is made up of three main volcanic tropical islands along with a number of tiny islets, and is split into two island groups that lie about 260 km (160 mi) apart, namely the Wallis Islands (Uvea) in the northeast, and the Hoorn Islands (also known as the Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island.