Sigave

Sigave Sigavé / Singave
Chiefdom and District
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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; -178.158500Coordinates: 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
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)[1]
No. of municipalities	6

Map of Hoorn Islands

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:^[2]

History[]

Education[]

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The junior high school in the area is Collège Fiua de Sigave.^[3]

See also[]

• Hoorn Islands
• List of kings of Sigave

References[]

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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