WALLIS & FUTUNAhistorical demographical data of the islands |
ISLAND,or: ISLAND GROUP | capital | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | c1996 | e1995 | c1990 | c1982 | c1976 | e1970? | e1968? | e1965 | e1962? | e1960? | e1936? | e1900? | code | pos. | particulars | variants of the name | ||||
source: | SF | GL | MW,SF | SY | SY | SY | OF | WG | SY | SY | EB | RL,WW | |||||||||||
Circonscription | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Uvéa: | Matâ'Utu | UV | ne | other area figures found: 96 km2 = 37 sq.mi; also divided into 3 circonscriptions (districts) | Ouvéa, 'Uvea, Île Uvéa, Uea, Uëa | ||||||||||||||||||
Uvéa-Hahake | 3,6 | 3,3 | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||
Uvéa-Hihifo | 2,3 | 2,1 | UF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Uvéa-Mua | 3,6 | 3,6 | UM | ||||||||||||||||||||
Uvéa (subtotal): | 159 | 61 | 9,5 | 10,0 | 9,0 | 7,8 | 6,0 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 5,7 | 5,4 | 5,5 | 4,2 | 3,4 | |||||||||
islets | includes (amidst other islets, even smaller ones): Île Faioa, Fenua Fu, Nukuloa, Nukuatea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wallis named for English navigator Samual Wallis, who visited 1767; occupied by French 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ÎLES WALLIS (subtotal): | 159 | 61 | 9,5 | 9,0 | IW | ne | includes, besides Uvéa, in total 22 adjacent smaller islets, these are mainly uninhabited coral reefs | Wallis Archipelago | |||||||||||||||
'Alofi | 51 | 20 | AL | sc | island is said to be unhabited; still one settlement (Alofitai, or: Mua) is shown in several atlantes | Île Alofi | |||||||||||||||||
Futuna: | 4,7 | FU | w | consists of 2 "royaume = kingdoms": (eastern part) Alo, and (western part) Singave | Île Futuna | ||||||||||||||||||
Alo | 2,9 | 2,9 | FA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sigave | 1,7 | 1,9 | FS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Futuna (subtotal): | 64 | 25 | 4,6 | 5,0 | 4,7 | 4,1 | 3,2 | 2,8 | 2,7 | 2,9 | 3,0 | 3,0 | 2,0 | 2,5 | |||||||||
ÎLES DE HORN (subtotal): | 115 | 44 | 4,6 | 4,7 | IH | sw | the islands of 'Alofi and Futuna together form Îles de Horn; other area figures: 91 sq.km = 35 sq.mi | Hoorn Islands | |||||||||||||||
F.:discovered by Dutch in 1616; annexed by France 1887, belonged until 1959 to Nouvelle Calédonie | |||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL: | Matâ'Utu | 274 | 106 | 14,2 | 15,0 | 13,7 | 11,9 | 9,2 | 8,6 | 8,5 | 8,7 | 8,4 | 8,5 | 6,2 | 5,9 | other area figures: 255 km2 = 98 sq.mi. The area figures change, even in the same source used (SY) | Îles Wallis-et-Futuna, Wallis-et-Futuna |
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