Sigave

Sigave Sigavé / Singave
Chiefdom and District
Flag
Sigave and Alo within the Hoorn Islands
Coordinates:
Country	France
Territory	Wallis and Futuna
Island	Futuna
Capital	Leava
Area
• Total	30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	1,860
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12
No. of districts	1 (Sigave)
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 (the other two being Uvea and Alo) in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.

Geography

Overview

Sigave encompasses the western third (30 out of 83 km²) of Futuna Island. The total area of the kingdom is 30 km², with a population of 1880, in six villages, as of the census of July 22, 2003. The capital and largest village is Leava (pop. 480).

Administrative division

The chiefdom counts the homonym and coextensive district and 6 municipalities:

Village	Population	District	Zone
Leava	480	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Toloke	398	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Nuku	267	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Fiua	250	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Vaisei	221	Sigave	West to Southwest Coast
Tavai	216	Sigave	North Coast

History

Main article: History of Futuna

See also

• Hoorn Islands
• List of kings of Sigave

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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