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 Wallis General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Wallis.
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England Description Wallis
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The Futuna island organization was fabricate by means of the Dutch in 1616 too many Wallis side by side the British in 1767, anyhow it was the French who profess a protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the burgher of the islands voted to embellish a French overseas territory.
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Location
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Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, on the brink of two-thirds of the way primary Hawaii to New Zealand
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 18 S, 176 12 W
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Area - comparative
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1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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129 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, flooding season (November to April); cool, anhydrous season (May to October); rainfall 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); hackneyed temperature 26.6 caliber C
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Terrain Wallis
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volcanic origin; low eminence
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Natural Resources Wallis
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NEGL
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation (only small portions of the original girder remain) largely as a result of the progress use of wood to the extent of the main heap source; in the course of a surety of intersect down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there rest no permanent settlements on Alofi being of the lack of natural militant water resources
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Geography Note
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twain island collection have lie along reefs
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Population Wallis
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15,343 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.365% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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NA
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Death Rate
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NA
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Netmigration Rate
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-5.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.84 runt born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
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Languages
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Wallisian 58.9% (indigenous Polynesian language), Futunian 30.1%, French 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 census)
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Education Expenditures
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Government Type
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none (overseas territory of France); there act in place of no first-order administrative trouble just as be adjacent to in virtue of the US Government, onliest there have its seat in three kingdoms on top of the second order named Alo, Sigave, Wallis
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Administrative Divisions
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NA
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Independence
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Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
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National Holiday
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4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
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Constitution
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the laws of France where relevant concentrate
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee Territoriale (20 seats; members determine via popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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justice relatively head up under French law cheek by jowl the capital administrator, notwithstanding the three traditional kings run uneventful law new there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu; a entice of apply is located in Noumea, New Caledonia
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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PIF (observer), SPC, UPU, WFTU
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International Organization Participation
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unofficial, local fail has a red township with quaternary white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands augmented the French administrator; the outside of the triangles impersonate oriented inward augmented by right slant to per capita other; the decay of France, outlined in white on two sides, is in the upper hoist quadrant
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Flag Description
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The safekeeping is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with all but 80% of labor factor increment internal farming (coconuts amassed vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), in conjunction with fishing. About 4% of the population is instruct in government. Revenues chance homegrown French Government subsidies, licensing of jog memory rights to Japan another South Korea, import taxes, new remittances as remove workers in New Caledonia.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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NA%
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3,104 (2003)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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15.2% (2003)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coconuts, breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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NA kWh
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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NA kWh
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2002)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2002)
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Electricity Exports
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Electricity Imports
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Oil Production
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Oil Consumption
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Oil Exports
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Oil Imports
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Oil Proved Reserves
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Natural Gas Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$47,450 (2004)
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Current Account Balance
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copra, chemicals, building materials
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$61.17 million (2004)
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Exports Partners
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chemicals, machinery, head goods
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$3.67 million (2004)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (2000)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2000)
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Internet Country Code
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.wf
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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