Uvea (island)
| ʻUvea | |
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago | Wallis Islands |
| Geographical location | 13 ° 16 ′ S , 176 ° 12 ′ W |
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| length | 15.2 km |
| width | 7.8 km |
| surface | 75.64 km² |
| Highest elevation | Mont Lulu 151 m |
| Residents | 8342 (2018) 110 inhabitants / km² |
| main place | Mata-utu |
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ʻUvea (sometimes also called Wallis ) is an approximately 76 km² large island in the South Pacific , which forms the kingdom of Uvea with the surrounding islands . Together with some smaller islets and coral reefs, it forms the archipelago of the Wallis Islands . Uvea belongs politically to the French overseas territory Wallis and Futuna , geographically to Polynesia .
There are currently 8342 inhabitants on ʻUvea (as of 2018). In the northeast of the island is Mata-Utu, the capital of Wallis and Futuna.
history
See the “History” section under Valais Islands .
See also
- Horn Islands (Futuna and Alofi Islands)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wallis-et-Futuna. République française - Ministère des Outre-mer, November 30, 2016, accessed December 3, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Recensement de la population 2018. (PDF; 336 kB) (No longer available online.) In: statistique.wf. Service Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (STSEE), 2018, archived from the original on November 29, 2018 ; accessed on November 29, 2018 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
