CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Wallis and Futuna


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!| Background:
 * Although discovered by the Dutch and the British in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was the French who declared a protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a French overseas territory.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets water: 0 sq km land: 274 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Mont Singavi 765 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 25% other: 70% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
 * 13 18 S, 176 12 W
 * Oceania
 * total: 274 sq km
 * 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 129 km
 * territorial sea: 12 nm
 * tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C
 * volcanic origin; low hills
 * lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 * NEGL
 * arable land: 5%
 * NA sq km
 * NA
 * 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
 * both island groups have fringing reefs
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: male: NA female: NA !| Life expectancy at birth: male: NA years female: NA years !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 50% male: 50% female: 50% (1969 est.)
 * 15,880 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: NA
 * NA
 * NA births/1,000 population
 * NA deaths/1,000 population
 * NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
 * total: NA
 * total population: NA years
 * NA children born/woman
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders
 * Polynesian
 * Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
 * French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)
 * definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna local short form: Wallis et Futuna local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high administrator appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly note: there are three traditional kings with limited powers head of government: President of the Territorial Assembly Patalione KANIMOA (since NA January 2001) cabinet: Council of the Territory consists of three kings and three members appointed by the high administrator on the advice of the Territorial Assembly !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 11 March 2002 (next to be held NA March 2007) note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate - elections last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held by NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (now UMP) 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held by NA 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (UMP) 1 election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR and affiliates 13, Socialists and affiliates 7 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
 * overseas territory of France
 * NA
 * Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
 * none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three kingdoms at the second order named Alo, Sigave, Wallis
 * none (overseas territory of France)
 * Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
 * 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
 * French legal system
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by High Administrator Xavier DE FURST (since 18 January 2005)
 * unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
 * none; justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
 * Lua Kae Tahi (Giscardians) [leader NA]; Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche or MRG [leader NA]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Clovis LOGOLOGOFOLAU]; Taumu'a Lelei [Soane Muni UHILA]; Union Populaire Locale or UPL [Falakiko GATA]; Union Pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF [leader NA]
 * NA
 * FZ, UPU
 * none (overseas territory of France)
 * none (overseas territory of France)
 * a large white modified Maltese cross - shifted a little off center toward the fly and slightly downward - on a red background; the flag of France outlined in white on two sides is in the upper hoist quadrant; the flag of France is used for official occasions
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: NA services: NA !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1998 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% labor force earnings 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.
 * purchasing power parity - $57.59 million (2003 est.)
 * NA
 * purchasing power parity - $3,700 (2001 est.)
 * agriculture: NA
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (2001 est.)
 * NA
 * revenues: $20 million
 * breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats
 * copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
 * NA
 * NA kWh
 * NA kWh
 * 0 kWh (2002)
 * 0 kWh (2002)
 * $250,000 f.o.b. (1999)
 * copra, chemicals, construction materials
 * Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13%
 * $300,000 f.o.b. (1999)
 * chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods
 * France 97%, Australia 2%, New Zealand 1%
 * NA
 * assistance from France
 * Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)
 * XPF
 * Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 105.73 (2003), 126.72 (2002), 133.26 (2001), 129.43 (2000), 111.93 (1999), 107.25 (1998)
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: NA international: country code - 681 !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 1,900 (2002)
 * 0 (1994)
 * general assessment: NA
 * AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)
 * NA
 * 2 (2000)
 * NA
 * .wf
 * 1 (2000)
 * 900 (2002)
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!| Highways: paved: 16 km (all on Ile Uvea) unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km) !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: by type: passenger 6 foreign-owned: France 3, Greece 1, Monaco 1, United States 1 (2004 est.) !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.) !| Airports - with unpaved runways: 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
 * total: 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)
 * Leava, Mata-Utu
 * total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 134,037 GRT/14,271 DWT
 * 2 (2003 est.)
 * total: 1
 * total: 1
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!| Military - note:
 * defense is the responsibility of France
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