Sigavé (also Singave or Sigave) is one of the three official

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s of the French territory of

Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...

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in the South

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. (The other two chiefdoms are

Uvea The uvea (; Lat. ''uva'', "grape"), also called the ''uveal layer'', ''uveal coat'', ''uveal tract'', ''vascular tunic'' or ''vascular layer'' is the pigmented middle of the three concentric layers that make up an eye. History and etymolog ...

and Alo.)

Geography

Overview

Sigave encompasses the western third of Futuna Island (30 km² of Futuna Island's total area of 83 km²). Sigave has six villages, which together had a population of 1,275 as of the 2018

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. The

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and largest village is

Leava Leava is the largest village in the chiefdom of Sigave, on the French Pacific island of Futuna, part of the Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fak ...

(pop. 322).

Administrative division

The chiefdom of Sigave is coextensive with the district of the same name. Its six villages (or

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) are as follows:

History

Education

The junior high school in the area is Collège Fiua de Sigave.Cartographie des établissements du second degré
" Wallis and Futuna. June 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 14, 2016.

References

External links

Area figures

* Chiefdoms and districts of Wallis and Futuna Kingdoms Island countries {{WallisFutuna-geo-stub