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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Wallis and Futuna Islands
Wallis and Futuna Islands, overseas territory of France, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville (1887-1979), British aviation engineer, whose most famous designs and inventions include the R100 airship, the Wellington...
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 GEOHIVE :: Wallis and Futuna Islands
note: The Wallis and Futuna Islands are a territory of France.
note: Wallis Island forms the Circonscription d'Uvea, Hahake and Mua; while Alo and Sigave form the Island of Futuna (62.3 sq.km.).
Alofi island (32 sq.km.) is part of Futuna.
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 Lonely Planet World Guide Destination Wallis & Futuna
The friendly French-flavoured islands of Wallis and Futuna are beautiful, with local traditions and culture aplenty; but don't come expecting Club Med - these are workaday islands and a successful visit requires a little planning, not to mention some French.
Wallis and Futuna were populated when the great wave of Lapita settlement swept across the Pacific between 1500 and 500 BC.
Wallis itself has few decent beaches so the surrounding lagoon's many (uninhabited) islands offer the best swimming and picnic spots.
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 Wallis and Futuna Map, South Pacific Islands
Wallis is an uplifted coral island surrounded by a barrier reef while Futuna and Alofi are volcanic islands with fringing reefs.
The population of Wallis and Futuna islands is around 14,000 but a greater number of expatriate Wallisians live and work in nickel-rich New Caledonia.
Wallis and Futuna is a little known French territory between Fiji and Samoa.
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 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice by Country
Wallis and Futuna Islands are an Overseas Territory (Territoire d'outre-mer) of France.
We strongly recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling to Wallis and Futuna Islands.
British citizens with a valid passport do not need a visa to enter Wallis and Futuna Islands.
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 Wallis and Futuna Islands
The population which is mostly of Polynesian descent, is 9,708 on Wallis, and on Futuna 4,639 (1996).
Uvea is the Polynesian name for Wallis Island, situated 340km east of Samoa and 3,000km north west of Tahiti.
The centre of Wallis Island is semi-desert with pandanus trees.
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 Wallis and Futuna (France)
While researching flags for my chart Flags of Paradise 1996 (Pacific Ocean), I came to the conclusion that the flag of (...) Wallis and Futuna Islands (...) flies both separately and along side the French tricolour [and] is the same basic design as shown in Znamierowski 1999 (see under Unofficial Variants).
On a TV documentary (magazine Outremers) on Wallis and Futuna, they showed an official ceremony during which the three traditional kings and the prefet (representing the French government) were present.
Overseas Territory of Wallis and Futuna, Territoire d'Outre-mer de Wallis-et-Futuna
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 Wallis and Futuna Islands
The two island groups in the South Pacific between Fiji and Samoa were settled by French missionaries at the beginning of the 19th century.
total: 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20 km); paved: 16 km (all on Ile Uvea); unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km).
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 Wallis and Futuna Islands on Encyclopedia.com
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Comprising two small groups, the Wallis Islands and the Hoorn Islands, which are c.120 mi (190 km) apart, it is sometimes called Wallis Archipelago.
The main volcanic islands are Uvea, Futuna, and Alofi; the chief town is Matautu.
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 Wallis & Futuna Islands
Wallis & Futuna - Did you know that the islands of Wallis & Futuna are territories of France?
Wallis and Futuna - French is the official language of these Pacific Islands.
This site give further information about other languages spoken on Wallis and Futuna.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Flag of Wallis and Futuna
CIA - The World Factbook -- Flag of Wallis and Futuna
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 Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna Islands (Resources Available)
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Wallis and Futuna Travel and Tourism - Wallis and Fortuna Travel and Tourism - Events, Hotels, Museums, Recreation, Sightseeing, Sports, Theatres...
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 Wallis and Futuna
Overseas Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands;
1842 Wallis Islands declared to be a French
¹Every king or queen of Wallis took this title at the day of his election since 1858 when Falakika Seilala adopted the name of her predecessor and brother.
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 Wallis and Futuna 2001 - Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Issues Maps Flags
Wallis and Futuna 2001 - Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Issues Maps Flags
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 Governments on the WWW: Wallis and Futuna
Délégation du Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna à Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie [Delegation of the Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands in Nouméa, New Caledonia]
Wallis and Futuna [ Wallis et Futuna ]
Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
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 NSRC Wallis and Futuna Islands
Reports on Networking Infrastructure in Wallis and Futuna Islands
Web Links Concerning ISPs and Networking in Wallis and Futuna Islands
General Web Links to Information about Wallis and Futuna Islands
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 World Flag Database: Flags of Wallis & Futuna
World Flag Database: Flags of Wallis and Futuna
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 Mata Utu Hotels - Wallis And Futuna Islands Discount Hotel Reservations - PointClickHotels.com
Mata Utu Hotels - Wallis And Futuna Islands Discount Hotel Reservations - PointClickHotels.com
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Mata Utu discount hotel rooms discounts up to 70%.
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 Directory Plug - Regional Oceania Wallis and Futuna - Free Directory Listings
Wallis and Futuna Islands have belonged to France throughout the 20th century, and now have the status of overseas territory.
Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (short form: Wallis and Futuna) (French : Wallis et Futuna or Territoire des îles Wallis et Futuna) is a group of three volcanic tropical islands (Wallis (Uvea),...
Wallis and Futuna Islands Law and Government - LawResearch - Wallis and Futuna Islands Law and Government - LawResearch - Wallis and Futuna Islands Phone Books, Telephone Directory, White Pages, Yellow Pages...
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 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 94014257
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Agricultural systems Polynesia, Traditional farming Polynesia, Agricultural productivity Polynesia, Ethnology Polynesia, Agricultural systems Wallis and Futuna Islands, Traditional farming Wallis and Futuna Islands, Agricultural productivity Wallis and Futuna Islands, Ethnology Wallis and Futuna Islands, Shifting cultivation Wallis and Futuna Islands, Irrigation farming Wallis and Futuna Islands
He shows that the near total neglect of short-fallow dryland cultivation, as well as arboriculture, or tree-cropping, has seriously distorted the picture that archaeologists and anthropologists have of agricultural intensification and its relation to complex social structure.
This work, likely to become a classic, will be central to all future discussions of the ecology and politics of agricultural intensification.
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 IPI - International Press Institute
Dotted by a number of smaller islands, the map of Wallis and Futuna is dominated by the two main islands, which are separated by a distance of 200 kilometres.
Nestled between Fiji and Samoa, the small islands of Wallis and Futuna are not known to support an active media scene.
A French overseas territory north east of Fiji, Wallis and Futuna is made up of two main islands, which are more than 200 kilometres apart, and a number of other smaller islands.
www.freemedia.at /wpfr/Australasia/wallis.htm   (1100 words)

  
 French Colonies - Wallis and Futuna, Part 1
A self-governing overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer) of France, the Wallis and Futuna {wahl'-is, foo-too'-nah} Islands are two groups of islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, between Fiji and the Samoas &; roughly 4,600 km / 2,858 mi.
Wallis and Futuna imports food, fuel, clothing, machinery, and transport equipment, while its exports are negligible — consisting mostly of copra, breadfruit and handicrafts.
There are numerous variations on the flag of Wallis and Futuna, whose central theme reflects the historic kingdoms of Uvea.
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 IPI - International Press Institute
Dotted by a number of smaller islands, the map of Wallis and Futuna is dominated by the two main islands, which are separated by a distance of 200 kilometres.
Nestled between Fiji and Samoa, the small islands of Wallis and Futuna are not known to support an active media scene.
A French overseas territory north east of Fiji, Wallis and Futuna is made up of two main islands, which are more than 200 kilometres apart, and a number of other smaller islands.
www.freemedia.at /wpfr/Australasia/wallis.htm   (1100 words)

  
 SPC - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.
The SPC was founded to aid the following Pacific island countries and territories, which since 1983 have been full members:
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 About the Country
The population, mostly of Polynesian descent, is 8,973 on Wallis, and on Futuna 4,732 (1990).
The Horne Islands consist of two mountainous islands, Futuna Island—or Hooru—and Alofi Island.
On Futuna Island, the land rises steeply from a narrow coastal plain to an extreme elevation of 875 metres (2,870 feet).
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 1000Countries.com: Wallis and Futuna II: wallis and futuna, WALLIS AND FUTUNA
The islands of Wallis and Futuna are an overseas territory of France...
Wallis and Futuna Islands Internet Access Provider Lists
Wallis and Futuna Islands Yellow Pages and White Pages
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 History of France
These include a group of widely scattered islands in the South Pacific, which are administered from Tahiti and are known collectively as FRENCH POLYNESIA; FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES; NEW CALEDONIA and WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS; and many small islands in the southern oceans, including the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos and the islands of St.
Explore the fascinating history of the prophet from Provence, Nostradamus.
France for the general reader, not the French History expert.
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