Wallis Islands
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| Geographical location | 13 ° 17 ′ S , 176 ° 12 ′ W |
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| Number of islands | > 10 |
| Main island | ʻUvea |
| Total land area | 77.9 km² |
| Residents | 8342 (2018) |
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The Wallis Islands, often just called Wallis , are a small group of islands located in the South Pacific west of Samoa , which geographically belong to Polynesia and politically to the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna . The archipelago forms the kingdom of Uvea . It is composed of the volcanic island of ʻUvea and an atoll that almost encloses it . The land area of the archipelago (including the numerous small uninhabited coral islands) is around 78 km². The main town of the archipelago is Mata-Utu , located in the northeast of ʻUvea.
geography
The archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa.
The Wallis Islands consist of 20 islands (with the exception of the smallest deposits):
| island | Residents |
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| Uvea | 8342 |
| Nukufotu | (uninhabited) |
| Nukulaʻelaʻe | (uninhabited) |
| Nukuloa | (uninhabited) |
| Îlot Ulu 'iutu | (uninhabited) |
| Nukuteatea | (uninhabited) |
| Nukutapu | (uninhabited) |
| Luaniva | (uninhabited) |
| Tekaviki | (uninhabited) |
| Fugalei | (uninhabited) |
| Nukuhione | (uninhabited) |
| Nukuhifala | (uninhabited) |
| Nukufetau | (uninhabited) |
| Nukuato | (uninhabited) |
| Îlot Saint Christophe | (uninhabited) |
| Motu o Tupa | (uninhabited) |
| Nukumotu | (uninhabited) |
| Nukuatea | (uninhabited) |
| Faioa | (uninhabited) |
| Fenua Fo'ou | (uninhabited) |
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Hihifo, Wallis Islands
Source: wetterkontor.de
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population
ʻUvea (Valais) has today (2018) 8342 inhabitants. The population has been falling for years.
history
The archipelago got its name from the crew of the English frigate Dolphin in honor of their captain Samuel Wallis . He discovered the main island on August 16, 1767, but never set foot on it. In 1887, several Polynesian native kings in the South Seas, including the King of Uvéa, signed a protectorate treaty with France .
After a referendum in 1961, the Wallis Islands were connected to the Horn Islands 230 km to the southwest as French overseas territory under the name "Wallis-et-Futuna", which is still used today. The main town of the islands is Mata-Utu.
See also
literature
- Elisabeth Worliczek: Ethnography of Climate Change - Perception and Interpretation of Environmental Changes in the Francophone South Pacific . The different perception and interpretation of environmental changes on a high island (Valais) and an atoll (Rangiroa) in the francophone South Pacific. In: Pacific Dossier . Publication of the Austrian South Pacific Society . tape 9 , 2010, p. 13-63 ( available online through Academia.edu ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wallis-et-Futuna. Geography. 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.
- ↑ John Hawkesworth (Ed.): An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successfully performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor . Vol. I. James Williams, Dublin 1775, p. 223-225 (English, online ).
