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Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna Islands
Territoire des îles Wallis-et-Futuna
Telituale o Uvea mo Futuna
Flag of Wallis and Futuna
Coat of arms of Wallis and Futuna
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"
Anthem: La Marseillaise
Location of Wallis and Futuna
Status Overseas collectivity
Capital
and largest city
Mata-Utu
13°17′S 176°11′W / 13.283°S 176.183°W / -13.283; -176.183
Official languages French
Vernacular
languages
Ethnic groups Polynesians
Demonym
  • Wallisian
  • Futunan
Sovereign state  France
Government Overseas collectivity
François Hollande
Jean-Francis Treffel
Mikaele Kulimoetoke
• King of Uvea
Patalione Kanimoa (since 2016)
• King of Alo
Filipo Katoa (since 2016)
• King of Sigave
Eufenio Takala (since 2016)
Status
1959a
2003
Area
• Total
142.42 km2 (54.99 sq mi) (211th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• March 2014 estimate
15,500 (228th)
• 2013 census
12,197
• Density
57.9/km2 (150.0/sq mi) (125th)
GDP (nominal) 2005 estimate
• Total
US$188 million (not ranked)
• Per capita
US$12,640 (not ranked)
HDI (2008) Increase 0.793
high · 132
Currency CFP franc (XPF)
Time zone (UTC+12)
Calling code +681
ISO 3166 code WF
Internet TLD .wf
  1. By popular vote.

Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (/ˈwɒlɪs/ and /fˈtnə/; 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.


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