Nukufetau
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This article is about an atoll in Tuvalu. For the islet with a similar name in Wallis and Futuna, see Nukufetao.

Nukufetau atoll from space.

A man from the Nukufetau atoll, 1831

Nukufetau is one of the nine atolls of the nation Tuvalu. The atoll was claimed by the US (not under the Guano Islands Act) some time in the 1800s and was ceded in a treaty of friendship concluded in 1979 and coming into force in 1983. It has a population (2002 census) of 586 and consists of at least 33 isles:

• Faiava Lasi
• Fale
• Funaota
• Kongo Loto Lafanga
• Lafanga
• Matanukulaelae
• Motufetau
• Motulalo
• Motuloa (north of Nukufetau)
• Motuloa (south of Nukufetau)
• Motumua
• Niualuka
• Niuatui
• Oua
• Sakalua
• Savave
• Teafatule
• Teafuaniua
• Teafuanonu
• Teafuone
• Temotuloto
• and at least 12 other islands

The biggest island is Motulalo. Savave has a village.

Notable local person

A notable local person is Saufatu Sopoanga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu 2002-2004, who has represented Nukufetau in the Parliament of Tuvalu for a number of years.

v • d • e Islands and atolls of Tuvalu Islands Nanumanga • Niulakita • Niutao Atolls Funafuti • Nanumea • Nui • Nukufetau • Nukulaelae • Vaitupu Islets of Funafuti Amatuku • Avalau • Falaoigo • Fale Fatu • Fatato • Fongafale • Fuafatu • Fuagea • Fualefeke • Fualopa • Funafala • Funamanu • Luamotu • Mateika • Motugie • Motuloa • Mulitefala Nukusavalevale • Papa Elise • Pukasavilivili • Te Afuafou • Te Afualiku • Tefala • Telele • Tengasu • Tepuka • Tepuka Vili Vili • Tutanga • Vasafua Islets of Nanumea Lakena • Lefogaki • Teatua a Taepoa • Temotufoliki Islets of Nui Fenua Tapu • Meang • Motupuakaka • Pakantou • Piliaieve • Pongalei • Talalolae • Tokinivae • Unimai Islets of Nukufetau Faiava Lasi • Fale • Funaota • Kongo Loto Lafanga • Lafanga • Matanukulaelae • Motufetau • Motulalo • Motuloa (north of Nukufetau) • Motuloa (south of Nukufetau) • Motumua • Niualuka • Niuatui • Oua • Sakalua • Savave • Teafatule • Teafuaniua • Teafuanonu • Teafuone • Temotuloto Islets of Vaitupu Luasamotu • Isles of Mosana • Motutanifa • Temotu • Te Motu Olepa • Tofia

Coordinates: 8°00′S 178°30′E / -8, 178.5

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