242 - Wallis and Futuna Islands
|RConstitution:|N Republic. French Overseas Territory.
|RNature and climate:|N Two groups of vulcanic islands in the central Pacific Ocean. 240 to 400 km northeast of Fiji.
The Wallisgroup 23 islands, total area 159 kmē. The Futunagroup, the two islands Futuna and Alofi, area together 115 kmē.
|RPeople:|N Mainly local Polynesian people, many live traditional in self-subsistent households. More than 10 000 natives live abroad, mainly in New Caledonia.
|REconomy:|N Chief products are copra, cassava, yams, taro roots and bananas.
|RHistory:|N The islands were discovered by British sailors 1767 and conquered by France in 1842. French dependency since then. The status was in 1961 changed to Overseas Territory.