Wallis And Futuna
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About Wallis And Futuna
Wallis and Futuna (French collectivités des Iles Wallis et Futuna) is the French overseas territory (fr. collectivités d’outre-mer or COM) in the South Pacific between Fiji and Samoa. Territory consists of three tropical volcanic islands Wallis (Uvea), Futuna and Alofi.
History
The islands are even in prehistoric times was inhabited by Polynesian people from Tonga, who created the Three Kingdoms Uvea (on Wallis Island), Sigave (on Futuna) and Alo (of Alofi).
The first European contact with the islands occurred in May 1616, when Dutch Jacob Le Maire and Willem Cornelisz Schouten “discovered” Wallis Island, but the French were the first Europeans who settled the islands. The first French missionaries arrived in 1837 and succeeded in converting the natives to Catholicism. In 1842 they asked for France’s protection, after a portion of the local population had rebelled, and in 1887 signed the queen of Uvea a treaty that established the island as a French protectorate. So did the kings of Sigave and Alo in 1888. The islands were governed by the French colony of New Caledonia. In 1959 the voting population to the status of a French overseas territory, which was the area for part of 1961, whereby its subordination to New Caledonia ceased. Islands ruled formally remains of three kings.
Wallis is named after the British explorer Samuel Wallis.
Geography
Wallis and Futuna is a group of tropical volcanic islands in the South Pacific, located approx. two thirds of the way between Hawaii and New Zealand. The exact coordinates are 13 ° 18′S 176 ° 12′W.
Territory consists of the two largest islands, Wallis and Futuna and the now uninhabited island of Alofi (the population was reportedly eaten by cannibals from Futuna in a single raid in the 18th century). In addition, a number of uninhabited islets. Total covers the territory 274 km ² with a coastline of 129 km. Mont Singavi (on Futuna) with its 765 m the highest point on the islands.
In recent times, the islands are mainly characterized by deforestation as a result of that wood is the region’s primary energy source. This represents a serious problem because it leaves the mountainous area in great danger of bottom erosion and energy shortages.
Economy
Islands’ economy is almost entirely based on traditional agriculture. Thus, working approx. 80% of the population with the cultivation of coconuts and vegetables, pig farming and fishing. Approximately 4% of the population are employed in government.
A considerable sum of money comes from French subsidies and from renting out fishing rights to Japan and South Korea.
Demographics
According to a census in 2003 was the territory’s total population of 14,944, of whom 67.4% lived in Wallis and the remaining 32.6% on Futuna. The vast majority are of Polynesian descent; there exists a French minority. More than 16,000 wallisianere and futunianere live as foreigners in New Caledonia. The vast majority of the population are Roman Catholic. Most people speak both French and indigenous wallisianske / futunianske languages, although only a minority of approx. 10% have French as their mother tongue. About half of the population (men and women) over 15 can read and write.
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