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Ono, Wallis And Futuna
Ono is the main village and capital of the Alo District on the southern coast of Futuna Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 524 people. References Populated places in Wallis and Futuna {{WallisFutuna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alo District
Alo (also known unofficially as Tu`a or the Kingdom of Futuna) is one of three official chiefdoms of the French territory of Wallis and Futuna, in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. (The other two chiefdoms are Uvea and Sigave.) Geography Overview The chiefdom known as Alo encompasses the eastern two thirds of Futuna Island - out of ) - and all of Alofi Island ( (which is virtually uninhabited). Alofi Island lies to the southeast of Futuna Island. The total area of the chiefdom is . It comprises nine villages, which together have a population is 1,950 (as of the 2018 census). The capital and largest village of Ali is Ono, which has about 738 residents. The current '' Tu`i Agaifo'' or king of the Kingdom of Alo is Lino Leleivai, who has served in this position since his coronation on 29 November 2018 (after the previous king, Filipo Katoa, abdicated because of health concerns). Administrative division The chiefdom is coextensive with the district of the same name. Alo’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alo (Wallis And Futuna)
Alo (also known unofficially as Tu`a or the Kingdom of Futuna) is one of three official chiefdoms of the French territory of Wallis and Futuna, in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. (The other two chiefdoms are Uvea and Sigave.) Geography Overview The chiefdom known as Alo encompasses the eastern two thirds of Futuna Island - out of ) - and all of Alofi Island ( (which is virtually uninhabited). Alofi Island lies to the southeast of Futuna Island. The total area of the chiefdom is . It comprises nine villages, which together have a population is 1,950 (as of the 2018 census). The capital and largest village of Ali is Ono, which has about 738 residents. The current '' Tu`i Agaifo'' or king of the Kingdom of Alo is Lino Leleivai, who has served in this position since his coronation on 29 November 2018 (after the previous king, Filipo Katoa, abdicated because of health concerns). Administrative division The chiefdom is coextensive with the district of the same name. Alo†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futuna (Wallis And Futuna)
Futuna (; ) is an island in the Pacific Ocean occupying area of with a population of 10,912. It belongs to the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne; nearby Alofi is the other. They are both remnants of the same ancient, extinct volcano, now bordered with a fringing reef. Futuna has a maximum elevation of . Futuna is where Pierre Chanel was martyred in 1841, becoming Polynesia's only Catholic saint. The cathedral of Poi now stands on the site where he was martyred. Futuna takes its name from an endonym derived from the local ''futu'', meaning fish-poison tree. Geography The population was 10,765 (as of the 2022 census);. Futuna's highest point is Mont Puke at above sea level, and the island has an area of , with in Sigave and in Alo. Climate Futuna (Maopoopo weather station) has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification ''Af''). The average annu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
