Wallis and Futuna Background The Futuna island group was discovered by the Dutch in 1616 and Wallis by the British in 1767, but it was the French who declared a protectorate over the islands in 1842. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a French overseas territory. Location 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 Area - comparative territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Climate lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Singavi 765 m Natural resources arable land: 7.14% permanent crops: 35.71% other: 57.15% (2005) Irrigated land 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2007 est.) Infant mortality rate total: NA male: NA female: NA Life expectancy at birth total population: NA male: NA female: NA Total fertility rate noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander Ethnic groups definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50% male: 50% female: 50% (1969 est.) Country name conventional long form: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna local short form: Wallis et Futuna Dependency status name: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) geographic coordinates: 13 57 S, 171 56 W time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions chief of state: President Nicolas SARKOZY (since 16 May 2007); represented by High Administrator Richard DIDIER (since 19 July 2006) head of government: President of the Territorial Assembly Patalione KANIMOA (since January 2001) cabinet: Council of the Territory consists of three kings and three members appointed by the high administrator on the advice of the Territorial Assembly note: there are three traditional kings with limited powers elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high administrator appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly Legislative branch elections: last held 11 March 2002 (next to be held 22 April 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR and affiliates 13, Socialists and affiliates 7 note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate - elections last held 27 September 1998 (next to be held by September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (now UMP) 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held by in 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (UMP) 1 Judicial branch agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% Labor force agriculture: 80% industry: 4% services: 16% (2001 est.) Unemployment rate lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Inflation rate (consumer prices) revenues: $29,730 expenditures: $31,330 (2004 est.) Public debt general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 681 Radio broadcast stations total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007) Airports - with unpaved runways total: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007) Merchant marine total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 92,346 GRT/98,307 DWT by type: chemical tanker 2, passenger 6 foreign-owned: 8 (France 6, French Polynesia 2) (2007) Ports and terminals Leava, Mata-Utu Military - note defense is the responsibility of France Disputes - international none

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