Place:Wallis and Futuna

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NameWallis and Futuna
Alt namesTerritoire des îles Wallis et Futunasource: Wikipedia
Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islandssource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 701
Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islandssource: Wikipedia
Wallis and Futuna Islandssource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 359; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1315
Wallis e Futunasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) p 344
Wallis et Futunasource: Wikipedia
Wallis und Futunasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) p 344
Wallis y Futunasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) p 344
TypeDependent state
Coordinates13.3°S 176.2°W
Contained Places
Dependency
Horn ( 1887 - )
Inhabited place
Matu-Utu
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; or , Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: ), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast.

Mata Utu is its capital and largest city. Its land area is . It had a population of 11,558 at the 2018 census (down from 14,944 at the 2003 census).[1] The territory is made up of three main volcanic tropical islands and a number of tiny islets. It is divided into two island groups that lie about apart: the Wallis Islands (also known as 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.

Since 28 March 2003, Wallis and Futuna has been a French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, or COM). Between 1961 and 2003, it had the status of a French overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM). Its official name did not change when its status changed.

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