Wallis and Futuna Country Info - Oceania

Description and Basic Information

Wallis and Futuna with its capital Matâ'Utu is located in Oceania (Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean). It covers some 275 square kilometres (1.5 times the size of Washington, DC) with 16,025 citizens. French is the language spoken by the majority in Wallis and Futuna.

Wallis and Futuna is an overseas community of France consisting of two small island groupings in Polynesia, near Fiji and Samoa. The islands are volcanic in origin, with low hills, and fringing reefs. The highest point is Mont Singavi, at 765 m. The climate is 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.

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About Wallis and Futuna

The terrain offers volcanic origin having low hills. The average density of population is about 58 per km². The climate in Wallis and Futuna can be described as tropical with 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. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Wallis and Futuna dial +681 prior to a number. There are 3,000 installed telephones. And there are 0 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of n, a Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".wf". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 3 regions/states in Wallis and Futuna we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Wallisian population grew at a rate of 0.37% (or by 56 citizens). With 70 deaths and 216 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.95%. -90 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Wallis and Futuna: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.