Sigave

Sigavé

Singave / Sigave
Sigavé Singave / Sigave
Chiefdom and District
	Flag
	Sigave and Alo within the Hoorn Islands
	Coordinates: 14°17′45.96″S 178°9′30.6″W / 14.2961000°S 178.158500°W
Country	France
Territory	Wallis and Futuna
Island	Futuna
Capital	Leava
Government
• King (Tu'i Sigave)	Eufenio Takala
Area
• Total	30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	1,275
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12
No. of districts	1 (Sigave)
No. of municipalities	6

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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.)

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]

Village	Population	District	Zone
Leava	322	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Toloke	172	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Nuku	204	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Fiua	257	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Vaisei	160	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Tavai	160	Sigave	North Coast

History

Education

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

References

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

External links

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[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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