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Around 800 B.C., the first settlers arrived on the islands of Wallis and Futuna, which are a natural midpoint between Fiji and Samoa. Around A.D. 1500, Tongans invaded Wallis, and a chiefdom system resembling Tonga’s formal hierarchy developed on the island. Tongans attempted to settle Futuna but were repeatedly rebuffed. Samoans settled Futuna in the 1600s, and a slightly less centralized chiefdom system formed. Dutch explorers were the first Europeans to see the islands in 1616, followed intermittently by other Europeans, including British explorer Samuel WALLIS in 1767.

Capital: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
Government: parliamentary democracy (Territorial Assembly); overseas collectivity of France
Population: 15,998
Area: 142 sq km
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 250-300 cm per year (80% humidity);
Natural resources: NEGL
Languages: Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) 58.9%; Futunian 30.1%; French (official) 10.8%; other 0.2%
Religions: Roman Catholic 99%; other 1%
Independence: none (overseas collectivity of France)
Administrative divisions: 3 administrative precincts (circonscriptions, singular - circonscription) Alo, Sigave, Uvea
Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF)
Export partners: Denmark 35%; Sweden 14%; Netherlands 14%; Pakistan 9%…
Import partners: Fiji 35%; France 32%; NZ 11%; Australia 6%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

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Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF)
Languages: Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) 58.9%; Futunian 30.1%; French (official) 10.8%; other 0.2%
Government: parliamentary democracy (Territorial Assembly); overseas collectivity of France
Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 250-300 cm per year (80% humidity);

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