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:
Village Population District ZoneLeava322Sigave West to Southwest CoastToloke172Sigave West to Southwest CoastNuku204Sigave West to Southwest CoastFiua257Sigave West to Southwest CoastVaisei160Sigave West to Southwest CoastTavai160Sigave North Coast
History
Education
The junior high school in the area is Collège Fiua de Sigave."Cartographie des établissements du second degré." Wallis and Futuna. June 24, 2016. Retrieved on September 14, 2016.
See also Hoorn Islands List of kings of Sigave Customary kingdoms of Wallis and Futuna
References
External links
Area figures Map: Lonely Planet Map: Everyculture