Mala’e
Mala'e or Mala'etoli is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Hihifo District on the southwest coast of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 504 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 504 residents
- Description: human settlement in Wallis
- Also known as: “Mala’Etoli”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Lalolalo and Talietumu.
Lake Lalolalo
Lake
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Lake Lalolalo is a volcanic crater lake surrounded by jungle, in the southwest of the island of Wallis in the Pacific Ocean. The largest lake on the island, it lies off Route 1 between the coastal village of Mala'etoli and Ahoa.
Talietumu
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Talietumu or Kolo Nui is an archaeological site in Wallis and Futuna in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. Talietumu is situated 3 km southeast of Mala’e.
Lake Lanutavake
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Lake Lanutavake is a small crater lake surrounded by jungle on the southwest side of Wallis in the Pacific. It lies to the northeast of Fineveke. Like Lake Lalolalo, there is a rumor that the US military dumped equipment in the lake at the end of World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fineveke and Vaimalau.
Fineveke
Village
Fineveke is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Mua District on the southwest coast of Wallis Island, just northwest of Halalo. Lake Lanutavake lies just to the northeast.
Vaimalau
Village
Vaimalau is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Mua District on the southern-central part of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 371 people.
Halalo
Village
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Halalo is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Mua District on the southwest coast of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 471 people. Just to the northeast is the archeological site of Talietumu. Halalo is situated 3 km southeast of Mala’e.
Mala’e
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Uvea, Wallis and Futuna, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-13.31975° or 13° 19′ 11″ southLongitude
-176.22843° or 176° 13′ 42″ westPopulation
504Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
52R5MQJC+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 677813858OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
10632460Wikidata ID
Q3843724
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Mala’e” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mala’e”
- French: “Mala’e”
- French: “Mala’etoli”
- German: “Mala’e”
- German: “Malaʻe”
- Hausa: “Mala’e (Wallis)”
- Hausa: “Mala’e”
- Hungarian: “Mala’e”
- Irish: “Mala’e”
- Italian: “Mala’e”
- Japanese: “マラウ (ウォリス)”
- Polish: “Mala’e”
- Polish: “Malaʻe”
- Russian: “Мала’э”
- Russian: “Малаэ”
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