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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 / -14.2961000; -178.158500
Country	France
Territory	Wallis and Futuna
Island	Futuna
Capital	Leava
Government
• King (Tu'i Sigave)	Eufenio Takala
Area
• Total	30 km (10 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,275
• Density	53/km (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12
No. of districts	1 (Sigave)
No. of municipalities	6

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 km of Futuna Island's total area of 83 km). 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:

History

Education

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2016)

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

See also

• Hoorn Islands
• List of kings of Sigave
• Customary kingdoms of Wallis and Futuna

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.

External links

Media related to Sigave at Wikimedia Commons

• Area figures
• Map: Lonely Planet
• Map: Everyculture
• Flag of Sigave at Flags of the World

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