Outline of Wallis and Futuna
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Fakauvea
Wallisian or Uvean is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island . The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish it from the related West Uvean spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa...
and Fakafutuna
Futunan language
Futunan or Futunian is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna . The term East-Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related West-Futunan spoken on the outlier islands of Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu....
: Uvea mo Futuna) is a French island territory in Polynesia
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
(but not part of, or even contiguous with, French Polynesia
French Polynesia
French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
) in the South Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
between Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
and Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
. It comprises three main volcanic
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
tropical island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s and a number of tiny islets. The territory is split into two island groups lying about 260 km apart:
- Wallis IslandWallis IslandWallis is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna....
s (Uvea), in the north- Wallis IslandWallis IslandWallis is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna....
(Uvea)
- Wallis Island
- Hoorn IslandsHoorn IslandsThe Hoorn Islands are one of the two island groups of which the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km², and the population 4873 .Geographically, there are two islands:*Futuna Island The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands) are...
(Futuna Islands), in the south- FutunaFutuna Island, Wallis and FutunaFutuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, nearby Alofi being the other...
- AlofiAlofi IslandAlofi is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna...
- Futuna
Since 2003 Wallis and Futuna has been a French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer
Collectivité d'outre-mer
The French overseas collectivities , like the French regions are first-order administrative divisions of France. The COMs include some former French overseas territories and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all of which became COMs by constitutional reform on 28 March...
, or COM). Between 1961 and 2003, it had the status of a French overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer
Territoire d'outre-mer
The term overseas territory , is an administrative division of France and is currently only applied to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands....
, or TOM).
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Wallis and Futuna:
General reference
- PronunciationInternational Phonetic AlphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
: - Common English country name: Wallis and FutunaWallis and FutunaWallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...
or the Wallis and Futuna Islands - Official English country name: The French Overseas Collectivity of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Wallisian, Futunan
- Demonym(s):
- EtymologyEtymologyEtymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
: Name of Wallis and Futuna - ISO country codes: WF, WLF, 876
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:WFISO 3166-2:WFISO 3166-2:WF is the entry for Wallis and Futuna in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are...
- InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
country code top-level domainCountry code top-level domainA country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
: .wf.wf.wf is the Internet country code top-level domain for the Wallis and Futuna Islands. This top-level domain is currently run by the AFNIC but registration services are currently suspended....
Geography of Wallis and Futuna
- Wallis and Futuna is: A French overseas collectivity
- Location:
- Southern HemisphereSouthern HemisphereThe Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
and Eastern HemisphereEastern HemisphereThe Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes... - Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
- South Pacific Ocean
- OceaniaOceaniaOceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
- PolynesiaPolynesiaPolynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
- Polynesia
- Oceania
- South Pacific Ocean
- Time zoneTime zoneA time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
: UTC+12UTC+12UTC+12:00 is an identifier for a +12 hour time offset from UTC. This time is used in:-As standard time :*Kiribati**Gilbert Islands and Banaba*Marshall Islands*Nauru*Russia**Chukotka Autonomous Okrug**Kamchatka Krai**Kuril Islands... - Extreme points of Wallis and Futuna
- High: Mont Puke on FutunaFutuna Island, Wallis and FutunaFutuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, nearby Alofi being the other...
524 m (1,719 ft) - Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
- High: Mont Puke on Futuna
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 129 km
- Southern Hemisphere
- Population of Wallis and Futuna: 15,000
- Area of Wallis and Futuna: 264
- Atlas of Wallis and Futuna
Environment of Wallis and Futuna
- Climate of Wallis and Futuna
- Environmental issues in Wallis and Futuna
- Ecoregions in Wallis and Futuna
- Renewable energy in Wallis and Futuna
- Geology of Wallis and Futuna
- Protected areas of Wallis and Futuna
- Biosphere reserves in Wallis and Futuna
- National parks of Wallis and Futuna
- Wildlife of Wallis and Futuna
- Flora of Wallis and Futuna
- Fauna of Wallis and Futuna
- Birds of Wallis and Futuna
- Mammals of Wallis and Futuna
Natural geographic features of Wallis and Futuna
- Fjords of Wallis and Futuna
- Glaciers of Wallis and Futuna
- Islands of Wallis and Futuna
- Lakes of Wallis and Futuna
- Mountains of Wallis and Futuna
- Volcanoes in Wallis and Futuna
- Rivers of Wallis and Futuna
- Waterfalls of Wallis and Futuna
- Valleys of Wallis and Futuna
- World Heritage Sites in Wallis and Futuna: None
Ecoregions of Wallis and Futuna
Administrative divisions of Wallis and Futuna
- Provinces of Wallis and Futuna
- Districts of Wallis and Futuna
- Municipalities of Wallis and Futuna
- Districts of Wallis and Futuna
Municipalities of Wallis and Futuna
- Capital of Wallis and Futuna: Mata-Utu
- Cities of Wallis and Futuna
Government and politics of Wallis and Futuna
- Main article: Government of Wallis and Futuna and Politics of Wallis and FutunaPolitics of Wallis and FutunaPolitics of Wallis and Futuna takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of the Territorial Assembly is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: parliamentaryParliamentary systemA parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined....
representative democraticRepresentative democracyRepresentative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy...
French overseas collectivity - Capital of Wallis and Futuna: Mata-Utu
- Elections in Wallis and FutunaElections in Wallis and FutunaElections in Wallis and Futuna gives information on election and election results in Wallis and Futuna.Wallis and Futuna elects on territorial level a legislature...
- (specific elections)
- Political parties in Wallis and Futuna
- Political scandals of Wallis and Futuna
- Taxation in Wallis and Futuna
Executive branch of the government of Wallis and Futuna
- Head of stateHead of StateA head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
: President of Wallis and Futuna, - Head of governmentHead of governmentHead of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
: Prime Minister of Wallis and Futuna, - Cabinet of Wallis and Futuna
Legislative branch of the government of Wallis and Futuna
- Parliament of Wallis and Futuna (bicameral)
- Upper houseUpper houseAn upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
: Senate of Wallis and Futuna - Lower houseLower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
: House of Commons of Wallis and Futuna
- Upper house
Judicial branch of the government of Wallis and Futuna
- Supreme Court of Wallis and Futuna
Foreign relations of Wallis and Futuna
- Diplomatic missions in Wallis and Futuna
- Diplomatic missions of Wallis and Futuna
International organization membership
The Territory of Wallis and Futuna is a member of:- Pacific Islands ForumPacific Islands ForumThe Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum...
(PIF) (observer) - Secretariat of the Pacific CommunitySecretariat of the Pacific CommunityThe Secretariat of the Pacific Community, or SPC , is a regional intergovernmental organisation whose membership includes both nations and territories...
(SPC) - Universal Postal UnionUniversal Postal UnionThe Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
(UPU) - World Federation of Trade UnionsWorld Federation of Trade UnionsThe World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
(WFTU)
Law and order in Wallis and Futuna
- Capital punishment in Wallis and Futuna
- Constitution of Wallis and Futuna
- Crime in Wallis and Futuna
- Human rights in Wallis and Futuna
- LGBT rights in Wallis and Futuna
- Freedom of religion in Wallis and Futuna
- Law enforcement in Wallis and Futuna
Military of Wallis and Futuna
- Command
- Commander-in-chiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
:- Ministry of Defence of Wallis and Futuna
- Commander-in-chief
- Forces
- Army of Wallis and Futuna
- Navy of Wallis and Futuna
- Air Force of Wallis and Futuna
- Special forces of Wallis and Futuna
- Military history of Wallis and Futuna
- Military ranks of Wallis and Futuna
History of Wallis and Futuna
- Main article: History of Wallis and Futuna, Timeline of the history of Wallis and Futuna, and Current events of Wallis and Futuna
- Economic history of Wallis and Futuna
- Military history of Wallis and Futuna
Culture of Wallis and Futuna
- Architecture of Wallis and Futuna
- Cuisine of Wallis and Futuna
- Ethnic minorities in Wallis and Futuna
- Festivals in Wallis and Futuna
- Humor in Wallis and Futuna
- Languages of Wallis and Futuna
- Media in Wallis and Futuna
- National symbols of Wallis and Futuna
- Coat of arms of Wallis and FutunaCoat of arms of Wallis and FutunaThe Coat of arms of Wallis and Futuna consists of elements from the unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna featuring a red saltire on a white square, which in turn is placed on a red field . The cross is shifted a little off center and slightly downwards; the flag of France outlined in white on two...
- Flag of Wallis and FutunaFlag of Wallis and FutunaThe official flag of Wallis and Futuna is the French national flag, as it is a French territory.The unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna features a red saltire on a white square, which in turn is placed on a red field...
- National anthem of Wallis and Futuna
- Coat of arms of Wallis and Futuna
- People of Wallis and Futuna
- Prostitution in Wallis and Futuna
- Public holidays in Wallis and Futuna
- Records of Wallis and Futuna
- Religion in Wallis and Futuna
- Buddhism in Wallis and Futuna
- Christianity in Wallis and Futuna
- Hinduism in Wallis and Futuna
- Islam in Wallis and Futuna
- Judaism in Wallis and Futuna
- Sikhism in Wallis and Futuna
- World Heritage Sites in Wallis and Futuna: None
Art in Wallis and Futuna
- Art in Wallis and Futuna
- Cinema of Wallis and Futuna
- Literature of Wallis and Futuna
- Music of Wallis and Futuna
- Television in Wallis and Futuna
- Theatre in Wallis and Futuna
Sports in Wallis and Futuna
- Football in Wallis and FutunaFootball in Wallis and FutunaThe sport of football in the country of Wallis and Futuna is run by the Fédération de Ligue de Football de Wallis et Futuna. The association administers the national football team as well as the Wallis Première Division and the Futuna Première Division....
- Wallis and Futuna at the Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of Wallis and Futuna
- Agriculture in Wallis and Futuna
- Banking in Wallis and Futuna
- National Bank of Wallis and Futuna
- Communications in Wallis and Futuna
- Internet in Wallis and Futuna
- Companies of Wallis and Futuna
- Currency of Wallis and FutunaCurrencyIn economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
: FrancCFP francThe CFP franc is the currency used in the French overseas collectivities of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna. The initials CFP originally stood for Colonies Françaises du Pacifique...
- Economic history of Wallis and Futuna
- Energy in Wallis and Futuna
- Energy policy of Wallis and Futuna
- Oil industry in Wallis and Futuna
- Health care in Wallis and Futuna
- Mining in Wallis and Futuna
- Wallis and Futuna Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Wallis and Futuna
- Transport in Wallis and Futuna
- Airports in Wallis and Futuna
- Rail transport in Wallis and Futuna
- Roads in Wallis and Futuna
- Water supply and sanitation in Wallis and Futuna
See also
- Index of Wallis and Futuna-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Wallis and Futuna-related topics
- Outline of France
- Outline of geographyOutline of geographyThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
- Outline of OceaniaOutline of OceaniaOceania is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands,....
