Wallis and Futuna Kingdoms (original) (raw)

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Updates:

As of 2015, ISO had not provided subdivision codes for the three kingdoms. On 2015-11-27, it issued subdivision codes as shown in the table below.

I added population data from the 2013 census, thanks to a tip from Sorin Cosoveanu.

A French constitutional reform in 2003 changed the status of Wallis and Futuna from overseas territory to overseas collectivity.

Country overview:

Short name WALLIS AND FUTUNA
ISO code WF
FIPS code WF
Language French (fr)
Time zone +12
Capital Mata Utu

Wallis and Futuna Islands have belonged to France throughout the 20th century, and now have the status of an overseas collectivity.

Other names of country:

  1. Dutch: Wallis en Futuna
  2. English: Wallis and Futuna Islands, Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (formal)
  3. French: �les fp Wallis et Futuna, Wallis-et-Futuna
  4. German: Wallis und Futuna
  5. Italian: Wallis e Futuna
  6. Norwegian: Wallis�yene og Futuna�yene
  7. Portuguese: Wallis e Futuna
  8. Russian: Территория островов Уоллис и Футуна (formal)
  9. Spanish: Islas fp Wallis y Futuna, Wallis y Futuna
  10. Turkish: Wallis ve Futuna Adaları

Origin of name:

Discovered in 1767 by Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-1795)

Primary subdivisions:

Wallis and Futuna is divided into three kingdoms.

Kingdom HASC ISO INSEE Population Area(km.�) Area(mi.�) Capital
Alo WF.AL AL 98611 2,297 85 33 Malae
Sigave WF.SI SG 98612 1,551 30 12 Leava
Uv�a WF.UV UV 98613 9,019 96 37 Mata Utu
3 kingdoms 12,867 211 82
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Kingdom code from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a globalcontext, prefix "WF-" to the code (ex: WF-AL represents Alo). INSEE: Kingdom code used by INSEE (Institut National de laStatistique et des �tudes �conomiques). Population: 2013-07-22 census.

Note: some sources say that Malae and Leava are alternately called Alo and Sigave, respectively.

Postal codes:

Wallis and Futuna uses five-digit postal codes beginning with 986, according to the French system.

Further subdivisions:

See the Districts of Wallis and Futuna page.

Uv�a is divided into three districts.

Territorial extent:

  1. Alo consists of the eastern part of Futuna Island and the island of Alofi, which is uninhabited. Futuna and Alofi together are known as the �les de Horne (Hoorn).
  2. Singave consists of the western part of Futuna Island.
  3. Uv�a consists of Wallis (Uv�a) Island and adjacent reefs. The country's capital, Mata-Utu, is there.

The UN LOCODE page for Wallis and Futuna Islands lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Change history:

1961-07-29: Status of country changed from French dependency, administered from New Caledonia, to French territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).

2003-03-28: Status changed to French collectivit� d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Sigave: Singave (variant)
  2. Uv�a: Wallis (variant)

Population history:

District 1990-10-09 1996-10-03 2003-07-22 2008-07-27 2013-07-22
Alo 2,860 2,892 2,993 2,655 2,297
Singave 1,872 1,746 1,880 1,583 1,551
Uv�a 8,973 9,528 10,071 9,207 9,019
Total 13,705 14,166 14,944 13,445 12,867

Sources:

  1. [1] 2008 census: Decree posted at droit.org (retrieved 2009-06-23).
  2. [2] 1996, 2003 censuses: Statistiques de Wallis et Futuna (retrieved 2009-06-23).
  3. [3] 2003, 2008 censuses: Wallis et Futuna: Recensement de la population de 2008 (retrieved 2011-04-25).
  4. [4] 2013 census: Authentification des r�sultats du recensement 2013 (retrieved 2014-02-08).