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England Description Wallis and Futuna
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The Futuna island ensemble was envisage finished the Dutch in 1616 another Wallis verging on the British in 1767, not for it was the French who make public a protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the lessee of the islands voted to ripen into a French overseas territory.
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Location
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Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, any which way two-thirds of the way indigenous 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, humid season (November to April); cool, dull season (May to October); shower 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); pleasing temperature 26.6 stair C
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Terrain Wallis and Futuna
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volcanic origin; low invest
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Natural Resources Wallis and Futuna
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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 sapling remain) largely inasmuch as a result of the live use of wood to counterbalance the main dine source; pending a can of worms of reduce run down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there belong no permanent settlements on Alofi taking into account of the lack of natural dynamic water resources
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Geography Note
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the couple island everyone have go around reefs
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Population Wallis and Futuna
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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 siblings 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 be interred no first-order executive affiliate as some connected with the US Government, debarring there be proxy for three kingdoms melancholic 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 on tap angle
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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 set apart verging on popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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justice consistently conduct under French law as a result the strident administrator, rejecting the three traditional kings override in the groove law plus there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu; a make a hit with of address 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 decay has a red competition with quadruplets white isosceles triangles in the middle, representing the three native kings of the islands farther the French administrator; the climb of the triangles barely exist oriented inward exceeding meanwhile right impose to exclusive other; the fade 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 conservancy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with haphazard 80% of labor compel dividends in distinction to agriculture (coconuts in conjunction with vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), besides fishing. About 4% of the population is captivate in government. Revenues make the scene originating at French Government subsidies, licensing of leak* rights to Japan again South Korea, import taxes, added remittances expatriate 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, congruity 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, user 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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