Fongafale
Sign in to saveFongafale (also spelled Fogale or Fagafale) is the largest and most populated of Funafuti's islets in Tuvalu. It is a long narrow sliver of land, 12 kilometres long and between 10 and 400 metres wide, with the South Pacific Ocean and reef on the east and the protected lagoon on the west. The north part is the Tengako peninsula, and Funafuti International Airport runs from northeast to southwest on the widest part of the island, with the village and administrative centre of Vaiaku on the lagoon side.
Key facts
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- Fongafale
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- Island
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- Location of Fongafale island in the Funafuti atoll
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- Tuvalu
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- top
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- Location in Tuvalu
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- Tuvalu
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- Atoll
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- Funafuti
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- 2
- Settlement.population_total
- 6006
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- 2012
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Villages on Fongafale
- Parliament of Tuvalu and government buildings
- Other buildings
- Transportation
- Air
- Land
- Water
- Aquifer salinization of Fongafale
- Over-extraction of groundwater and pollution
- Borrow Pits Remediation (BPR) project
- Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project
- See also
- References
- External sources
Fongafale (also spelled Fogale or Fagafale) is the largest and most populated of Funafuti's islets in Tuvalu. It is a long narrow sliver of land, 12 kilometres long and between 10 and 400 metres wide, with the South Pacific Ocean and reef on the east and the protected lagoon on the west. The north part is the Tengako peninsula, and Funafuti International Airport runs from northeast to southwest on the widest part of the island, with the village and administrative centre of Vaiaku on the lagoon side.
On Fongafale, the Funafuti Kaupule is responsible for approval of the construction of houses or extensions to existing buildings on private land, and the Lands Management Committee is the responsible authority in relation to lands leased by government.