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- THE WORLD FACTBOOK
- Wallis and Futuna
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- Affiliation:
- (overseas territory of France)
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- Wallis and Futuna
- Geography
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- Location:
- Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way
- from Hawaii to New Zealand
- Map references:
- Oceania
- Area:
- total area:
- 274 sq km
- land area:
- 274 sq km
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than Washington, DC
- note:
- includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi,
- and 20 islets
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 129 km
- Maritime claims:
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to
- October)
- Terrain:
- volcanic origin; low hills
- Natural resources:
- negligible
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 5%
- permanent crops:
- 20%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 75%
- Irrigated land:
- NA sq km
- Environment:
- current issues:
- deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) largely
- as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a
- consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna
- is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on
- Alofi because of the lack of natural fresh water resources
- natural hazards:
- NA
- international agreements:
- NA
- Note:
- both island groups have fringing reefs
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- People
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- Population:
- 14,499 (July 1995 est.)
- Age structure:
- 0-14 years:
- NA
- 15-64 years:
- NA
- 65 years and over:
- NA
- Population growth rate:
- 1.11% (1995 est.)
- Birth rate:
- 25.06 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Death rate:
- 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Net migration rate:
- -8.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Infant mortality rate:
- 24.92 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- total population:
- 72.24 years
- male:
- 71.62 years
- female:
- 72.9 years (1995 est.)
- Total fertility rate:
- 3.11 children born/woman (1995 est.)
- Nationality:
- noun:
- Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders
- adjective:
- Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander
- Ethnic divisions:
- Polynesian
- Religions:
- Roman Catholic
- Languages:
- French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)
- Literacy:
- age 15 and over can read and write (1969)
- total population:
- 50%
- male:
- 50%
- female:
- 51%
- Labor force:
- NA
- by occupation:
- agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.)
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- Wallis and Futuna
- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
- conventional short form:
- Wallis and Futuna
- local long form:
- Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna
- local short form:
- Wallis et Futuna
- Digraph:
- WF
- Type:
- overseas territory of France
- Capital:
- Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
- Administrative divisions:
- none (overseas territory of France)
- Independence:
- none (overseas territory of France)
- Constitution:
- 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
- Legal system:
- French legal system
- Suffrage:
- 18 years of age; universal
- Executive branch:
- chief of state:
- President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981)
- head of government:
- High Administrator Philippe LEGRIX (since NA); President of the Territorial
- Assembly Soane Mani UHILA (since NA March 1992)
- cabinet:
- Council of the Territory consists of 3 kings and 3 members appointed by the
- high administrator on advice of the Territorial Assembly
- note:
- there are three traditional kings with limited powers
- Legislative branch:
- unicameral
- Territorial Assembly (Assemblee Territoriale):
- elections last held 15 March 1987 (next to be held NA); results - percent of
- vote by party NA; seats - (20 total) RPR 7, UPL 5, UDF 4, UNF 4
- French Senate:
- elections last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held by NA September
- 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) RPR 1
- French National Assembly:
- elections last held 21 and 28 March 1992 (next to be held by NA September
- 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) MRG 1; note
- - Wallis and Futuna elect one deputy
- Judicial branch:
- none; justice generally administered under French law by the chief
- administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and
- there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
- Political parties and leaders:
- Rally for the Republic (RPR); Union Populaire Locale (UPL); Union Pour la
- Democratie Francaise (UDF); Lua kae tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des
- Radicaux de Gauche (MRG)
- Member of:
- FZ, SPC
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- Government
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- none (overseas territory of France)
- US diplomatic representation:
- none (overseas territory of France)
- Flag:
- the flag of France is used
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- Economy
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- Overview:
- The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about
- 80% of the labor force earning its livelihood from agriculture (coconuts and
- vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the
- population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government
- subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import
- taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia. Wallis and
- Futuna imports food - particularly sugar and beef - fuel, clothing,
- machinery, and transport equipment, but its exports are negligible,
- consisting of copra and handicrafts.
- National product:
- GDP - purchasing power parity - $28.7 million (1994 est.)
- National product real growth rate:
- NA%
- National product per capita:
- $2,000 (1994 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):
- NA%
- Unemployment rate:
- NA%
- Budget:
- revenues:
- $2.7 million
- expenditures:
- $2.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1983 est.)
- Exports:
- $6.6 million (f.o.b., 1986)
- commodities:
- copra, handicrafts
- partners:
- NA
- Imports:
- $13.3 million (c.i.f., 1984)
- commodities:
- foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation equipment, fuel, clothing
- partners:
- France, Australia, New Zealand
- External debt:
- $NA
- Industrial production:
- growth rate NA%
- Electricity:
- capacity:
- 1,200 kW
- production:
- 1 million kWh
- consumption per capita:
- 70 kWh (1990)
- Industries:
- copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
- Agriculture:
- dominated by coconut production, with subsistence crops of yams, taro,
- bananas, and herds of pigs and goats
- Economic aid:
- recipient:
- Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),
- $118 million
- Currency:
- 1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
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- Exchange rates:
- Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 96.25 (January
- 1995), 100.94 (1994), 102.96 (1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.0
- (1990); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc
- Fiscal year:
- NA
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- Transportation
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- Railroads:
- 0 km
- Highways:
- total:
- 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20km)
- paved:
- 16 km (on Il Uvea)
- unpaved:
- 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
- Inland waterways:
- none
- Ports:
- Leava, Mata-Utu
- Merchant marine:
- total:
- 1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 26,000 GRT/40,000 DWT
- Airports:
- 2
- with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:
- 1
- with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
- 1
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- Communications
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- Telephone system:
- 225 telephones
- local:
- NA
- intercity:
- NA
- international:
- NA
- Radio:
- broadcast stations:
- AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
- radios:
- NA
- Television:
- broadcast stations:
- 0
- televisions:
- NA
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- Defense Forces
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of France
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