Long-form name: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Type: overseas territory of France

Capital: Mata-Utu

Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of France)

Independence: none (overseas territory of France)

Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system: French

National holiday: Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)

Branches: territorial assembly of 20 members

Leaders: Jacques LE HENAFF, High Administrator

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: every five years; popular election of one deputy to the French National Assembly and one representative to the French Senate

Diplomatic representation: as an overseas territory of France, local interests are represented in the US by France

Flag: the flag of France is used

NOTE: The information regarding Wallis and Futuna on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Wallis and Futuna Government 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Wallis and Futuna Government 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.