Wallis & Futuna (Hoorn Islands)

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Wallis and Futuna is a French possession, along with French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands) are one of the two island groups of which the French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, or COM) of Wallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km², and the population 4873 (census of 2003).

Geographically, there are two islands:

Futuna Island (in the northwest) (83 km², pop. 4871)
Alofi Island (in the southeast) (32 km², pop. 2)
Administratively, the Hoorn Islands encompass two of the three royal chiefdoms of Wallis and Futuna:

Tu`a (Alo): eastern part of Futuna Island, and Alofi Island (area 85 km², pop. 2993)
Sigave (Singave): western third of Futuna Island (area 30 km², pop. 1880)
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Coordinates:   13°46'16"S   177°9'16"W
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