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Languages Of Wallis And Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast. Mata Utu is its capital and largest city. The territory's land area is . It had a population of 11,151 at the July 2023 census (down from 14,944 at the 2003 census). The territory is made up of three main volcanic tropical islands and a number of tiny islets. It is divided into two island groups that lie about apart: the Wallis Islands (also known as Uvea) in the northeast; and the Hoorn Islands (also known as the Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island. Since 28 March 2003, Wallis and Futuna has been a French overseas collectivity (, or ). Between 1961 and 2003, it had the status of a French overseas territory (, or ). Its official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallisian Language
Wallisian, or Uvean (), is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island (also known as Uvea). The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish it from the related West Uvean language spoken on the outlier island of Ouvéa near New Caledonia. The latter island was colonised from Wallis Island in the 18th century. Indigenous to Wallis island, the language is also spoken in New Caledonia since the 1950s due to a migration of many Wallisians (especially in Nouméa, Dumbéa, La Foa, and Mont Dore). According to the CIA World Factbook, it had 7,660 speakers in 2015. However, Livingston (2016) states that the actual number of speakers is much higher (around 20,000), albeit difficult to count precisely. The closest language to Wallisian is Niuafoʻou. It is also closely related to Tongan, though part of the Samoic branch, and has borrowed extensively from Tongan due to the Tongan invasion of the island in the 15th and 16th centuries. Uvea was settled about 3,000 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrator Superior Of Wallis And Futuna
The Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna is the representative of the President of France in Wallis and Futuna. The current Administrator Superior is Hervé Jonathan, since 11 January 2021. The post was created in 1961, after Wallis and Futuna become a French overseas territory. In 2003, the status was changed to that of an overseas collectivity The French overseas collectivities ( abbreviated as COM) are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French .... For French representatives in Wallis and Futuna from 1887 until 1961, see: '' Resident of Wallis and Futuna''. List of administrators superior (1961–present) See also * Politics of Wallis and Futuna * List of kings of Alo * List of kings of Sigave * List of kings of Uvea References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Administrator Superior Of Wallis And Futuna Politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFP Franc
The CFP franc (French language, French: , called the ''franc'' in everyday use) is the currency used in the France, French overseas collectivity, overseas collectivities (, or COM) of French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna. The initials ''CFP'' originally stood for () but since 2022 is officially (). Its ISO 4217 currency code is ''XPF''. The CFP franc is subdivided into 100 centimes, although there are no centime denominations. The currency is issued by ''Institut d'émission d'outre-mer'' (IEOM). History 1945–1949 The CFP franc was created in December 1945, together with the CFA franc, used in Africa, because of the weakness of the French franc immediately after the World War II, Second World War. When France ratified the Bretton Woods system, Bretton Woods Agreement in December 1945, the French franc was devalued in order to set a fixed exchange rate with the United States dollar, US dollar. New currencies were created in the French colonies to spare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Constituencies Of The National Assembly Of France
France is divided into 577 constituencies (''circonscriptions'') for the election of Member of Parliament (France), deputies to the lower legislative House, the National Assembly (France), National Assembly (539 in Metropolitan France, 27 in the overseas departments and territories of France, overseas departments and territories, and 11 for constituencies for French residents overseas, French residents overseas). Deputies are elected in a two round system to a term fixed to a maximum of five years. In 2010, a 2010 Redistricting of French Legislative Constituencies, new set of constituency boundaries was adopted, with the dual purpose of ensuring a more equal number of voters per constituency, and of providing seats in the National Assembly to representatives of French citizens resident outside France. 33 constituencies were abolished, and 33 new ones created. Of the latter, 17 are in metropolitan France, five are in overseas France, while the rest of the world was divided into 11 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as () or deputies. There are 577 , each elected by a single-member Constituencies of the National Assembly of France, constituency (at least one per Departments of France, department) through a two-round system; thus, 289 seats are required for a majority. The List of presidents of the National Assembly of France, president of the National Assembly, currently Yaël Braun-Pivet, presides over the body. The officeholder is usually a member of the largest party represented, assisted by vice presidents from across the represented political spectrum. The National Assembly's term is five years; however, the president of France may dissolve the assembly, thereby calling for early elections, unless it has been dissolved in the preceding twelve m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Senators Of Wallis And Futuna
Following is a List of senators of Wallis and Futuna, people who have represented the collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the Senate (France), Senate of France. Background Wallis (island), Wallis has 13 Safe seat, seats and Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), Futuna has seven, which form 20 seats in the territory. The government of Wallis and Futuna elects one senator by the results of the Electoral college, electoral college's absolute majority vote. List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Senators of Wallis and Futuna Senators of Wallis and Futuna, Wallis and Futuna-related lists Politics of Wallis and Futuna Lists of members of the Senate (France) by department, Wallis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate (France)
The Senate (, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. It is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' and ''sénatrices'') elected by part of the country's Territorial collectivity, local councillors in indirect elections. Senators have six-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every three years. They represent France's Departments of France, departments (328), Overseas France, overseas collectivities (8) and List of senators of French citizens living abroad, citizens abroad (12). Senators' French Senate elections, mode of election varies upon their constituency's population size: in the less populated constituencies (one or two seats), they are elected individually, whereas in more populated ones (three seats or more), they are elected on lists. It is common for senators to hold dual mandates, such as in a Regional council (Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Parliament
The French Parliament (, ) is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (France), Senate (), and the National Assembly (France), National Assembly (). Each assembly conducts legislative sessions at separate locations in Paris: the Senate meets in the Luxembourg Palace, Palais du Luxembourg, the National Assembly convenes at the Palais Bourbon, both on the Rive Gauche. Each house has its own regulations and rules of procedure. However, occasionally they may meet as a single house known as the Congress of the French Parliament (), convened at the Palace of Versailles, to revise and amend the Constitution of France. History and name The French Parliament, as a legislative body, should not be confused with the various parlements of the Ancien Régime in France, which were regional appeals courts with certain administrative functions varying from province to province and as to whether the local law was written and Roman, or cust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kings Of Sigave
The King of Sigave (titled as ''Tu`i Sigave'') is the ruler of the polity of Sigave, one of the two chiefdoms (''Royaume coutumier'', ) located on Futuna (Wallis and Futuna), Futuna. Sigave encompasses the western part of the island. Futuna is one of the Hoorn Islands in the France, French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. List of rulers of Sigave * Tuikamea (1784– ..) * Inosiopogoi * Latuka (.. –1800) * Vanae (1800 – 10 August 1839) * ''Occupation by Alo (Wallis and Futuna), Alo (10 August 1839 – 1841)'' * Petelo Keletaona (1842–1851) * Alefosio Tamole (1851–18??) * Anise Tamole (1887?) * Lutotio (1889?) * Savelio Keletaona * Mateo Tamole * Toviko Keletaona (''1st time'') * Tamasi Tamole * Toviko Keletaona (''2nd time'') * Sui Tamole (''1st time'') * Ligareto Falemaa (.. –1929) * Keletaona Keletaona (1929–1932) * Fololiano Sui Tamole (1932–19??) * Sui Tamole (19??–19??) (''2nd time'') * Amole Keletaona (March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kings Of Alo
The King of Alo (titled as ''Tu`i Agaifo'') is the ruler of the polity of Alo, one of the two chiefdoms (''Royaume coutumier'', ) located on Futuna. Alo encompasses the eastern part of the island. Futuna is one of the Hoorn Islands in the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. List of rulers of Alo Fakavelikele * Fakavelikele * Pili * Mala'evaoa * Nimo o le Tano'a * Veliteki (1748–1756) * ... (1756–1784) * Fonati (1784–1839?) Tu`i Agaifo * Fonoti (1837?–1839?) * Niuliki (1839?–1841) * Musumusu (1841–1844) (''Regent'') * Filipo Meitala (1844–1862) * Alia Segi (1862–18..) * Soane Malia Musulamu (1887?–1929) * Soane Moefana (1929–1932) * Tuiseka * Usanio Pipisega * Paloto Aika * Savelio Meitala * Kamilo Katea * Maleselino Maituku * Kolio Maituku * Papilio Talae * Lelipo Pipisega * Alesio Feta'u * Petelo Savo Meitala * Soane Va Pipisega * Silisio Katea * Petelo Talae * Vito Tuis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patalione Kanimoa
Patalione Kanimoa is a Wallis (island), Wallisian politician from Wallis and Futuna, a Overseas France, French overseas collectivity in the South Pacific. He was President of the Territorial Assembly in the French government of the Wallis and Futuna. He was nominated by the President of France, French president Jacques Chirac on 18 January 2005. On 17 April 2016, he was chosen by a rival chief council to be the new king of 'Uvea, even though the island already had a king, Tominiko Halagahu, who was installed the previous day. After almost two months of dispute, Kanimoa was officially confirmed by the administrator-superior of the French Republic as king on 3 June 2016, and has been reigning over the kingdom ever since. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Presidents of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna Members of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna Politics of France Wallis and Futuna monarchs {{WallisFutuna-politician-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
