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    Funafuti is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It has a population of 6,320 people (2017 census), and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu...
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    visited Funafuti aboard the yacht Le Tolna. The Count spent several days photographing men and women on Funafuti. The boreholes on Funafuti, at the site...
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    Funafuti International Airport (IATA: FUN, ICAO: NGFU) is an airport in Funafuti, in the capital city of the island nation of Tuvalu. It is the sole international...
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    of the Funafuti Conservation Area have 40% of the remaining native broadleaf forest on Funafuti atoll. The native broadleaf forest of Funafuti would include...
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  • Tuvalu the fourth-smallest country in the world. The sea level at the Funafuti tide gauge has been rising at a rate of 3.9 mm per year, and it has been...
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    captains and chartmakers on visiting European ships. In 1819 the island of Funafuti, was named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands...
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    waters. One such area is the Funafuti Conservation Area, which is a marine protected area on the western reef area of Funafuti atoll. As of April 2024, four...
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    Funafuti was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on the Island of Funafuti of...
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    Funafuti Lagoon Hotel formally known as Vaiaku Langi Hotel, or Vaiaku Lagi Hotel, is situated in Funafuti, in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu. The...
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  • the IANA time zone database, Tuvalu is given one time zone: Time zone in Funafuti, Tuvalu. TimeAndDate.com Tuvalu Time (TVT). WorldData.info "Maps of Tuvalu"...
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  • 8°31′S 179°03′E / 8.517°S 179.050°E / -8.517; 179.050 The Funafuti Conservation Area is a marine conservation area covering 33 square kilometers (12...
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  • airports and improve reliable domestic air service. It was headquartered in Funafuti. Tuvalu's government announced restoration plans for its aviation infrastructure...
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    capital city, Funafuti. The Baháʼí Faith constitutes 2.0% of the population. The Baháʼís are mainly found on Nanumea, and also Funafuti. The Catholic...
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    The Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Funafutinum) is a Catholic Latin mission sui juris (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) in...
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  • Kitiona at Niutao (1865); Tema at Funafuti (1870–89); Jeremia at Vaitupu (1880–95); In 1896 the pastor on Funafuti was Simona. The ministers of what became...
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    Davis (1928) envisioned. The survey of Funafuti atoll published in 1970 described its structure as being: “Funafuti is an almost circular and conical submarine...
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  • Motuloa may refer to: Motuloa (Funafuti), an island in Funafuti, Tuvalu Motuloa (north of Nukufetau), an island in Nukufetau, Tuvalu Motuloa (south of...
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    facto) TK Tonga 748 106,017 143.2 Nukuʻalofa TO Tuvalu 26 11,204 426.8 Funafuti TV Wallis and Futuna (France) 274 11,627 43.4 Mata-Utu WF Polynesia (total)...
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    1896, 1897 and 1898, the Royal Society of London carried out drilling on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu for the purpose of investigating the formation of coral...
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    highest tides could regularly flood 50% of the land area of national capital Funafuti by the mid-21st century, and 95% by 2100. The rising saltwater table could...
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  • Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu is the only hospital in the country, and the primary provider of medical services for all...
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    reef.” In 1896 Professor Professor William Sollas went to Funafuti as the leader of the Funafuti Coral Reef Boring Expedition of the Royal Society; Prof...
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  • home the battalion again deployed overseas to provide air defense for Funafuti in the Ellice Islands from September 1942 through February 1944. Also in...
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    9 MHz in Honiara, 99.0 MHz in Port Vila and Luganville, and 100.1 MHz in Funafuti. The station also broadcasts local content. In New Zealand, AREC FM carries...
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    Islands6 Alofi, Niue7 Apia, Samoa Avarua, Cook Islands7 Fakaofo, Tokelau8 Funafuti, Tuvalu Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna (de facto)2 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Pago...
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  • Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election to represent Funafuti. He was appointed the Minister for Health and Social Welfare in the Teo...
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    beaches. In the Pacific, green sea turtles nest on the motu (islets) in the Funafuti Conservation Area, a marine conservation area covering 33 square kilometers...
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  • Motuloa is an islet in the atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu. Motu loa means long island. It lies on the southeastern rim of the atoll and is 800 metres (0.50 mi)...
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    or destroying land. Cyclone Bebe increased the size of Tuvalu island, Funafuti Atoll, by nearly 20%. Hurricane Walaka destroyed the small East Island...
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    is a list of diplomatic missions in Tuvalu. At present, the capital of Funafuti hosts two diplomatic missions.  Australia – High Commission (2019)  Taiwan...
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