Alofi is an island in the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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 belonging to the French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer

Collectivité d'outre-mer

The French overseas collectivities , like the French regions are first-order administrative divisions of France. The COMs include some former French overseas territories and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all of which became COMs by constitutional reform on 28 March...

, or COM) of Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...

. It is virtually uninhabited (population 2 as of census

Census

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 of 2003 in the village of Alofitai

Alofitai

Alofitai often simply named Alofi is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located on the northwestern coast of Alofi Island. It belongs to the chiefdom of Alo. In 2003 it had a population of 2 people but according to the 2008 census there is now only 1 person living permanently there. The village...

 in the west), and under the chief of Alo

Alo (Wallis and Futuna)

Alo is one of three official chiefdoms of the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.-Geography:...

 on Futuna

Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna

Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, nearby Alofi being the other...

, but in pre-European times it was as densely populated as Futuna, which would have been a population of almost 1900. Former villages were Sologa (north), Sa'avaka (southeast), Alofitai (west), and Mua (northwest). Some maps also show a village of Gaino in the north. Alofi island is only 2 kilometres southeast of Futuna. Those Futunians who have plantations on Alofi come there at least every Saturday to tend their gardens. A popular crop is tobacco, and they then take enough leaves with them to be able to have a smoke for the rest of the week.

The island has an area of 32 km² and Mont Kolofau

Kolofau

Kolofau is a mountain in the Wallis and Futuna islands, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean. It is the highest point on Alofi Island....

 (also called Mont Bougainville) reaches to an height of 410m. It is also known as one of the two Horne Islands, Futuna

Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna

Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, nearby Alofi being the other...

being the other.