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WALLIS AND FUTUNA
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(overseas territory of France)
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GEOGRAPHY
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Total area: 274 km2; land area: 274 km2; includes Ile Uvea
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(Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20
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islets
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Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
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Land boundaries: none
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Coastline: 129 km
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Maritime claims:
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Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
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Territorial sea: 12 nm
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Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool,
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dry season (May to October)
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Terrain: volcanic origin; low hills
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Natural resources: negligible
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Land use: arable land 5%; permanent crops 20%; meadows and pastures
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0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 75%
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Environment: both island groups have fringing reefs
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Note: located 4,600 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific
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Ocean about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
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PEOPLE
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Population: 16,590 (July 1991), growth rate 3.0% (1991)
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Birth rate: 28 births/1,000 population (1991)
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Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
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Net migration rate: 8 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
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Infant mortality rate: 30 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
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Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 71 years female (1991)
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Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (1991)
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Nationality: noun--Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna
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Islanders; adjective--Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander
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Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Polynesian
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Religion: largely Roman Catholic
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Language: French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)
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Literacy: 50% (male 50%, female 51%) at all ages can read and write
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(1969)
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Labor force: NA
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Organized labor: NA
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GOVERNMENT
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Long-form name: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
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Type: overseas territory of France
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Capital: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
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Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of France)
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Independence: none (overseas territory of France)
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Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
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Legal system: French
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National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
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Executive branch: French president, high administrator; note--there
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are three traditional kings with limited powers
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Legislative branch: unicameral Territorial Assembly
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(Assemblee Territoriale)
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Judicial branch: none; justice generally administered under French
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law by the chief administrator, but the three traditional kings
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administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
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Leaders:
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Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND
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(since 21 May 1981);
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Head of Government--Chief Administrator Roger DUMEC
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(since 15 July 1988)
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Political parties and leaders:
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Rally for the Republic (RPR);
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Union Populaire Locale (UPL);
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Union Pour la Democratie Francaise (UDF);
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Lua kae tahi (Giscardians);
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Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche (MRG)
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Suffrage: universal adult at age 18
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Elections:
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Territorial Assembly--last held 15 March 1987
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(next to be held March 1992);
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results--percent of vote by party NA;
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seats--(20 total) RPR 7, UPL 6, UDF and Lua kae tahi 7;
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French Senate--last held NA September 1989
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(next to be held by September 1992);
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results--percent of vote by party NA;
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seats--(1 total) RPR 1;
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French National Assembly--last held 12 June 1988 (next to be held
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by September 1992);
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results--percent of vote by party NA;
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seats--(1 total) MRG 1
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Member of: FZ, SPC
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Diplomatic representation: as an overseas territory of France,
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local interests are represented in the US by France
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Flag: the flag of France is used
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ECONOMY
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Overview: The economy is limited to traditional subsistence
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agriculture, with about 80% of the labor force earning its livelihood
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from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs),
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and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government.
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Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing
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rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from
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expatriate workers in New Caledonia. Wallis and Futuna imports food,
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fuel, clothing, machinery, and transport equipment, but its exports
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are negligible, consisting of copra and handicrafts.
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GDP: $7.5 million, per capita $470; real growth rate NA%
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(1990 est.)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
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Unemployment rate: NA%
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Budget: revenues $2.7 million; expenditures $2.7 million,
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including capital expenditures of $NA (1983)
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Exports: negligible;
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commodities--copra, handicrafts;
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partners--NA
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Imports: $6.9 million (c.i.f., 1983);
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commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation
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equipment, fuel;
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partners--France, Australia, New Zealand
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External debt: $NA
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Industrial production: growth rate NA%
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Electricity: 1,200 kW capacity; 1 million kWh produced,
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70 kWh per capita (1990)
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Industries: copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
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Agriculture: dominated by coconut production, with subsistence
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crops of yams, taro, bananas, and herds of pigs and goats
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Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
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commitments (1970-88), $118 million
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Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (plural--francs);
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1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
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Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per
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US$1--93.28 (January 1991), 99.0 (1990), 115.99 (1989), 108.30 (1988),
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109.27 (1987), 125.92 (1986), 163.35 (1985); note--linked at the rate of
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18.18 to the French franc
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Fiscal year: NA
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Highways: 100 km on Ile Uvea, 16 km sealed; 20 km earth surface
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on Ile Futuna
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Inland waterways: none
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Ports: Mata-Utu, Leava
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Airports: 2 total; 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways;
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none with runways over 2,439 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
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Telecommunications: 225 telephones; stations--1 AM, no FM, no TV
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DEFENSE FORCES
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Note: defense is the responsibility of France
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