Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

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Futuna
NASA image of Futuna (left) and Alofi
NASA image of Futuna (left) and Alofi
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Horn Islands
Geographical location 14 ° 17 ′  S , 178 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 17 ′  S , 178 ° 9 ′  W
Location of Futuna
length 14.7 km
width 5.3 km
surface 46.3 km²
Highest elevation Mont Puke
524  m
Residents 3612 (2013)
78 inhabitants / km²
main place Leava
Map of the Horn Islands
Map of the Horn Islands

Futuna is a 46 sq km, northeast of Fiji in the South Pacific located island of volcanic origin, the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna belongs. Together with the smaller neighboring island of Alofi to the southeast and some offshore reefs, the island forms the archipelago of the Horn Islands .

On the island is the Mont Puke , which reaches a height of 524  m , the highest point in the overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna.

Leava is the capital of the traditional Kingdom of Sigave in the north and west of the island (the south and east and the neighboring island of Alofi are occupied by the Kingdom of Alo ) and the capital of the entire island. The largest place is not Leava, but Ono on the south coast in the Kingdom of Alo with 537 inhabitants (2013). A total of 3612 residents live on Futuna (as of 2013) with a downward trend.

history

See the “History” section under Horn Islands .

Historical map of the Horn Islands Futuna and Alofi

literature

  • Claude Dorwling-Carter (Ed.): Wallis-et-Futuna - Rapport annuel 2016 . Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer (IEOM), 2017, ISSN  1635-2262 (French, online [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on December 2, 2017]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wallis-et-Futuna. Geography. République française - Ministère des Outre-mer, November 30, 2016, accessed on December 2, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Populations légales des îles Wallis et Futuna en 2013. Populations des villages. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), November 21, 2013, accessed on December 2, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ Populations légales des îles Wallis et Futuna en 2013. Populations des circonscriptions. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), November 21, 2013, accessed on December 2, 2017 (French).