Fongafale
Fongafale 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: largest of Funafuti’s islets in Tuvalu
- Also known as: “Fagafale” and “Fogale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Funafuti International Airport and Tuvalu Mosque.
Funafuti International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.
Funafuti International Airport is an airport in Vaiaku on Funafuti, an atoll that serves as the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It is the sole international airport in Tuvalu. Fiji Airways operates between Suva, Nadi and Funafuti.
Vaiaku Lagi Hotel
Hotel
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 hotel was built in 1993 with financial assistance from the government of Taiwan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Senala and Alapi.
Senala
Village
Senala is a village in Tuvalu, located on the Funafuti atoll, on the island of Fongafale. The settlement has an area of 0.13 km2. In 2001, it was inhabited by 574 people, and by 1207 in 2012.
Alapi
Village
Alapi is a village on the atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu. According to 2012 census, there were 1029 inhabitants. The area of the village is 0.11 km2.
Vaiaku
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vaiaku is a village located on the southern coast of the island of Fongafale in the atoll of Funafuti in Tuvalu, which is home to most of the major administrative buildings.
Fongafale
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Fongafale” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fongafale”
- Azerbaijani: “Fonqafale”
- Basque: “Fongafale”
- Bavarian: “Fongafale”
- Cebuano: “Fongafale”
- Chinese: “丰阿法莱”
- Chinese: “豐阿法萊”
- Czech: “Fagafale”
- Czech: “Fogale”
- Czech: “Fongafale”
- Dutch: “Fongafale”
- Esperanto: “Fongafale”
- Finnish: “Fongafale”
- French: “Fongafale”
- Galician: “Fongafale”
- Galician: “Illote Fongafale”
- German: “Fongafale”
- Greek: “Φονγκαφάλε”
- Hebrew: “פונגפייל”
- Hungarian: “Fongafale”
- Ido: “Fongafale”
- Indonesian: “Fongafale”
- Italian: “Fongafale”
- Japanese: “フォンガファレ島”
- Lithuanian: “Fongafalė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fongafale”
- Norwegian: “Fongafale”
- Persian: “فونگافاله”
- Polish: “Fongafale”
- Portuguese: “Fongafale”
- Russian: “Фонгафале”
- Slovak: “Fongafale”
- Spanish: “Fagafale”
- Spanish: “Fogale”
- Spanish: “Fongafale”
- Spanish: “Isla Fongafale”
- Swedish: “Fongafale”
- Thai: “โฟงาฟาเล”
- Turkish: “Fongafale”
- Turkish: “Funafuti”
- Welsh: “Fongafale”
- “Fongafale”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Runway as Public Playground and Dormitory and Football Stadium.
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