Sigave

Sigavé (also Singave or Sigave) is one of the 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 Alo.)

Sigavé
Singave / Sigave
Chiefdom and District
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Sigave and Alo within the Hoorn Islands
Sigave and Alo within the Hoorn Islands
Coordinates: 14°17′45.96″S 178°9′30.6″W
Country France
Territory Wallis and Futuna
IslandFutuna
CapitalLeava
Government
 • King (Tu'i Sigave)Eufenio Takala[1]
Area
 • Total30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total1,275
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+12
No. of districts1 (Sigave)[2]
No. of municipalities6
Map of Hoorn Islands

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 census. The capital and largest village is Leava (pop. 322).

Administrative division

The chiefdom of Sigave is coextensive with the district of the same name. Its six villages (or municipalities) are as follows:[3]

VillagePopulationDistrictZone
Leava322SigaveWest to Southwest Coast
Toloke172SigaveWest to Southwest Coast
Nuku204SigaveWest to Southwest Coast
Fiua257SigaveWest to Southwest Coast
Vaisei160SigaveWest to Southwest Coast
Tavai160SigaveNorth Coast

History
Main article: History of Futuna

Education

The junior high school in the area is Collège Fiua de Sigave.[4]

See also

References
  1. "New king on Futuna hoped to appease family tensions". RNZ. 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. Coextensive with the chiefdom
  3. "Population municipale des villages des îles Wallis et Futuna (recensement 2018)". INSEE. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  4. "Cartographie des établissements du second degré." Wallis and Futuna. June 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 14, 2016.

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