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Wallis and Futuna Islands

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Wal·lis and Fu·tu·na Islands  (wls; f-tn)
A French overseas territory consisting of two groups of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean west of Samoa and northeast of Fiji. Controlled by the French from 1842, the islands became an overseas territory in 1961.
Wallis and Futuna Islands [ˈwɒlɪs fuːˈtjuːnə]
pl n
(Placename) a French overseas territory in the SW Pacific, west of Samoa. Capital: Mata-Utu. Pop.: 14 400 (1993 est.). Area: 367 sq. km (143 sq. miles)
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The warning was also in effect for American Samoa, Samoa, Niue Island, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Tokelau atolls, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Kermadec Islands, the Baker and Howland Islands, Jarvis Island, French Polynesia and the Palmyra Islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Tsunami alert issued after Samoa quake by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
The warning was also in effect for American Samoa, Samoa, Niue Island, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Tokelau atolls, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Kermadec Islands, the Baker and Howland Islands, Jarvis Island, French Polynesia and the Palmyra Islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Tsunami alert issued after Samoa quake by AFP / AFP Global Edition
continue with a Torres Island group (Australian pop singer Christine Anu is a Torres Islander) and a dance by the Wallis and Futuna Islands, then break for a traditional lunch made by the delegation from Vanuatu.
PACIFIC ARTS FESTIVAL by OKRENT, NEIL / Dance Magazine
 
 
 
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