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  Fongafale - Definition, explanation
Fongafale is the only village of the Tuvaluan atoll of Funafuti.
It is the biggest place of Tuvalu and it is on the biggest island of Funafuti, which is also known as Fongafale.
The village of Fongafale lies completely over the island, so the island is practically the same as the village.
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  Fongafale, Tuvalu
It is the biggest place of Tuvalu and it is on the biggest island of Funafuti, which is also known as Fongafale.
The village of Fongafale lies completely over the island, so the island is practically the same as the village.
Fongafale is located at 8°31' South, 179°12' East (-8.516667, 179.2).
www.creekin.net /c7098-n189-fongafale-tuvalu.html   (184 words)

  
 Funafuti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Er is een orkaanbank om het dorp te beschermen.
Het grootste meer van fongafale is Pond, naast de enige landingsbaan van de luchthaven van Funafuti met een vijftal bestemmingen van Air Tuvalu (o.a.
Het is vanwege de stranden en uitzichten een paradijs voor toeristen, nochtans heeft Tuvalu het laagste toeristental ter wereld en is er nauwelijks toeristische infrastructuur.
www.guajara.com /wiki/nl/wikipedia/f/fu/funafuti.html   (145 words)

  
 Fongafale - Wikipedia
Fongafale is de hoofdstad en tevens de grootste plaats van de Oceanische eilandnatie Tuvalu.
Vaiaku, het meest zuidwestelijke deel, is het belangrijkste gedeelte van Fongafale.
In het noorden van het eiland Fongafale is het schiereiland Tengako.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fongafale   (245 words)

  
 Sake-Drenched Postcards - The Arrival Lounge on Fongafale
But as a short time on Fongafale - the largest of the 24 islets that comprise the capital atoll of Funafuti - will attest, present complications that come with an island existence are more pressing, some very similar to those found in less geographically challenged parts of the world.
The runway is at the "elbow" of the arm-shaped Fongafale, whose swath of land hosts roughly half of Tuvalu's population of 11,800, and is smack in the middle of the nation's commercial center.
Tall grasses and coconut and pine trees fill out Fongafale's landscape, which from ocean to lagoon typically does not exceed a few hundred yards.
www.bigempire.com /sake/fongafale_tuvalu.html   (2397 words)

  
 Fongafale - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Fongafale, main village on Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu, western Pacific Ocean.
Funafuti atoll comprises 30 coral islets arranged in a pear-shape with a...
Fongafale (also spelt Fogale or Fagafale) is the largest of Funafuti's islets in Tuvalu.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Fongafale.html   (104 words)

  
 BODUM Fondue Fongafale S/S High-tech Barware & Party Accessories
BODUM Fondue Fongafale S/S High-tech Barware & Party Accessories
The Fongafale Pot is crafted from 18/10 stainless steel and comes with a a glass insert.
This unit can be used for cheese and chocolate Fondues as well as Bourguignon and Chinese.
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 February 2004
Fongafale, where the worst of the flooding is occurring, happens also to have around 6,000 people living in an area little bigger than the average city park.
They have used the money made from selling their successful Dot TV internet name to pave the roads, and Taiwan has built a large new three storey administration building which towers over the islet.
Around 10 kilometres across the lagoon, on the other side of Fongafale is unoccupied Tepuka islet.
www.michaelfield.org /tuvalu8.htm   (1551 words)

  
 Ross Ryan - News
Maybe it was the lure of lapping crystal clear waters.
Maybe it was the noble fishing obsessed people of Fongafale.
As well as his residency at the Fongafale Kon Tiki Elvis Bar (5 shows a night including the 1am Karaoke session), the Pacific launch of the 'One Person Queue' album was held on Nukufetau Atoll
www.coathanger.com.au /archive/news/new13.htm   (287 words)

  
 Pacific Magazine: A Wave Of Problems
The school is headed by Jonathon Gayton, who says Tuvaluans are popular because they are physically strong and have a culture of sea faring.
While the landmass of Tuvalu's nine atolls is just 10 square miles, Fongafale, where the worst of the flooding is occurring, also happens to have around 6,000 people living in an area little bigger than the average city park in neighboring New Zealand or Australia.
Yet around 10 kilometers across the lagoon, on the other side of Fongafale is unoccupied Tepuka islet.
www.pacificislands.cc /issue/2004/06/01/a-wave-of-problems   (869 words)

  
 Connie's Online Newsletter
However, to prove that we're not totally mercenary, we have, in the spirit of Christmas, just released the second single from 1PQ - the bitter-sweet love/revenge ballad - 'Don't Be Unkind' - guest starring the dulcet tones of that amiable crooner Mark Holden plus the usual cast of thousands.
As I mentioned earlier - I was hoping to be in Fongafale to organise the October 28th first anniversary Pacific launch of the 1PQ album.
Ross has also been working most nights with his band at the Fongafale Kon Tiki Elvis Bar (see Gig Guide) as well as with Mark Holden for their final 2004 'Idol and Idle' gig on Brando Island Tahiti.
www.coathanger.com.au /archive/connie/connie_december_04.htm   (682 words)

  
 Fongafale, TUV Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Fongafale, TUV Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps
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 fongafale fondue bodum - Comparison, price and purchase on Shopping Lycos
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 Bodum 5070 Fongafale Fondue in Chrome with Glass Liner and 6 Forks 5070-16 - Kitchen Utensils and more electrical ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Take it or Leave it - April - May 2000
The capital city on the island of Funafuti is Fongafale.
And so, it has been my dream to travel to tiny Funafuti, to Fongafale, to be a part of the fiafias that are held in the falafones.
In addition, the U.S. State Department, in its annual report on human rights, recently described Tuvalu as a country that is "egalitarian, democratic and respectful of human rights." According to the report, local officials could not remember when a serious crime was last committed on the islands.
www.canyoncountryzephyr.com /archives/takeit-april-may00.html   (2276 words)

  
 Tuvalu Toodle-oo (Cont.) | Outside Online
It snakes in a graceful north-south arc for about seven miles, and ranges from 20 feet wide at its narrowest point to about 400 yards at its plumpest.
As Paani Laupepa muses during one of our conversations, Fongafale's highest ground is the upper level of the guest house where I'm staying-about a dozen feet above sea level.
I start out on foot on Fongafale's eastern side, where a 15-foot surf is breaking close enough to shore that I can reach the waves with a good fling of a rock.
outside.away.com /outside/features/200212/200212_tuvalu_5.html   (909 words)

  
 About Tuvalu
Most administration offices are all located in Vaiaku Village on Fogafale (formerly spelled Fongafale) Islet, Funafuti atoll.
Minibuses and a taxis run between the government centre at Vaiaku and the deep-sea wharf at the north end of Fongafale islet on Funafuti Atoll.
The most popular method of individual transport is the bicycle, followed by small motorcycles.
www.tuvaluislands.com /about.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Property rights and environmental management on Pacific atolls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
However, the practice of penning pigs on the lagoon shore in both Funafuti and South Tarawa is incompatible with sustainable lagoon management.
There is a build-up of waste at random sites throughout urban Fongafale, but particularly near the runway, on the beaches, and in "borrow pits"(a legacy of the Second World War) which occupy about 35 per cent of Fongafale's land.
Solid waste is deposited by the council and residents in the water-filled borrow pits.
www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj /library/Online/Pacific_law/Hunt.htm   (5783 words)

  
 Planet Ark - Pacific's Tuvalu looks for help as it slowly sinks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
"It's not so much resettlement, although in the long term it may be that we need to settle our people elsewhere," Lafai told Reuters by telephone from the capital Fongafale.
But Australia said yesterday there was no immediate need to offer special migration concessions for the Polynesian nation, which has Britain's Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.
Many Tuvaluans had already been forced to move to Fongafale on the main island of Funafuti - a narrow sliver of sand and palm trees measuring just 2.8 sq km (1.1 sq mile) - from outer islands.
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 roomcity. Room for rent in Vaiaku Fongafale Islet.
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 Geoboss.com Fongafale Anchorage in Tuvalu WIFI hotspots, Wireless prepaid internet access and phone calls, Airports, ...
Geoboss.com Fongafale Anchorage in Tuvalu WIFI hotspots, Wireless prepaid internet access and phone calls, Airports, Health, Weather, Map
The spoken language in Tuvalu is Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui), the currency is Australian Dollar (AUD).
Sky is mostly clear and the temperature is 91 F (33 C)
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 Moonrise and set Times and Lunar Data for Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu in Pacific Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Moonrise and set Times and Lunar Data for Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu in Pacific Islands
Sunrise and Sunset Times for Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu
The moon will be 7 days into the current cycle.It will be 371222 km from earth and in the First quarter phase.
thelunartimes.com /Pacific_Islands/Fongafale,_Funafuti,_Tuvalu_.aspx   (1056 words)

  
 UNESCO.ORG | Tuvalu
It is made up of nine atolls, eight of which are inhabited.
Vaiaku, the main village, is on the island of Fongafale on the Funafuti Atoll.
The inhabitants of Tuvalu speak a Polynesian language.
portal.unesco.org /geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2432&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html   (106 words)

  
 Tuvalu Tourism - Historic and Archaeological Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
There is another World War II airstrip on the islet of Motulalo in Nukufetau, along with the remains of plane wrecks.
Funafuti atoll was the main base and remains of World War II debris can be seen along the main island of Fongafale.
A well-preserved underground bunker is found on the islet of Tepuka.
www.timelesstuvalu.com /tuvalu/export/sites/TTO/historic_and_archaeological.html   (220 words)

  
 Fongafale Singles in Tuvalu Fongafale Personals in Tuvalu Fongafale Dating in Tuvalu - Metrodate.com
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Access Fongafale personal ads with personal messages, pictures, and voice recordings from singles that are anxious to meet someone just like you!
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 South Pacific Pictures - travel photos of Tuvalu
Exposed limestone at the southern tip of Fongafale Island, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu: Funafuti consists of a string of small coral islands sprinkled around the atoll's central lagoon like a string of beads.
The north end of the road on Fongafale Island, Funafuti.
A "borrow pit" which supplied coral to build Funafuti's airstrip.
www.pacific-pictures.com /tuvalu   (302 words)

  
 Sunrise and Sunset Times for Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu in Pacific Islands
Sunrise and Sunset Times for Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu in Pacific Islands
Moon Rise Times and Lunar data for Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu
Sunrise and Sunset times for year 2005 - Fongafale, Funafuti, Tuvalu
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 Fongafale Classified Ads and More at Metrofieds.com Fongafale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Fongafale Classified Ads and More at Metrofieds.com Fongafale
Metrofieds provides local classified ads in Fongafale, and around the world.
Our Fongafale online classified ads service can help you find Fongafale jobs in our job classifieds, autos in our auto classifieds, real estate and housing in Fongafale, and you will soon be able to buy and sell items in our for sale and wanted classified ads.
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 The A.R.Yngve Homepage Featuring READ MY BOOKS FOR FREE
He's the man who allowed the Sirian ship to land at his islet and let the Sirian crew live there.
The dumb interviewer had entirely missed the point of Fongafale's ominous words.
Carl sensed a creeping insecurity coming over him now, as he and his team waited for the Sirians to surface.
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 hotel fongafale Scegli le offerte hotel fongafale su Gomeo
hotel fongafale Scegli le offerte hotel fongafale su Gomeo
uitgebate Vaiaku Lagi Hotel (ook Vaiaku Langi Hotel) te Fongafale (Funafuti) is een klein hotel, en wel het...
Funafuti; note - administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet...
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 Dr Mark Hayes' Home Page
If you look closely, you can see how I'm still drenched in sweat from the fearsome heat and humidity of a typical Fiji summer afternoon.
The picture of me on the left was taken by Yvette Isaac, a journalist with the Tuvalu Media Corporation in Fongafale, Tuvalu, in November, 2002.
The Background for this page is a scan of a taapa (woven coconut palm leaves) wall hanging given to me by staff at the Tuvalu Media Corporation in Fongafale in November, 2002.
www.dovenetq.net.au /~mahayes/MDHHome.html   (310 words)

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