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Area: total: 274 sq km land: 274 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
Wallis and Futuna 2008
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The main volcanic islands are Uvea, Futuna, and Alofi; the chief town is Matautu.
Wallis and Futuna The World Factbook 2008
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The present-day inhabitants say their ancestors landed on Bellona around 26 generations ago in about 1400 AD and came from Uvea, or Wallis in the Wallis and Futuna group.
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The three islands in the group, Uvea, Futuna, and Alofi, are extinct and deeply eroded volcanoes although once active craters are still visible on Uvea.
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Uvea has an extensive barrier reef with exposed coral keys and volcanic islets.
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Most areas of the Wallis and Futuna islands have been deforested and heavily eroded with about 15% of forest remaining on Uvea and 30% on Futuna, mostly above 400 meters (m) and at the heads and on the steep slopes of deep valleys.
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A new extinct species of giant pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula) from archeological deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island, south Pacific.
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Highways: 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)
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Area: total: 274 sq km land: 274 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island),
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Highways: 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)
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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