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Updates: 

As of 2015, ISO had not provided subdivision codes for the three kingdoms. On 2015-11-27, it issued subdivision codes as shown in the table below.

I added population data from the 2013 census, thanks to a tip from Sorin Cosoveanu.

A French constitutional reform in 2003 changed the status of Wallis and Futuna from overseas territory to overseas collectivity.

Country overview: 

Short name	WALLIS AND FUTUNA
ISO code	WF
FIPS code	WF
Language	French (fr)
Time zone	+12
Capital	Mata Utu

 

Wallis and Futuna Islands have belonged to France throughout the 20th century, and now have the status of an overseas collectivity.

Other names of country: 

1. Dutch: Wallis en Futuna
2. English: Wallis and Futuna Islands, Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (formal)
3. French: �les fp Wallis et Futuna, Wallis-et-Futuna
4. German: Wallis und Futuna
5. Italian: Wallis e Futuna
6. Norwegian: Wallis�yene og Futuna�yene
7. Portuguese: Wallis e Futuna
8. Russian: Территория островов Уоллис и Футуна (formal)
9. Spanish: Islas fp Wallis y Futuna, Wallis y Futuna
10. Turkish: Wallis ve Futuna Adaları

Origin of name: 

Discovered in 1767 by Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-1795)

Primary subdivisions: 

Wallis and Futuna is divided into three kingdoms.

Kingdom	HASC	ISO	INSEE	Population	Area(km.�)	Area(mi.�)	Capital
Alo	WF.AL	AL	98611	2,297	85	33	Malae
Sigave	WF.SI	SG	98612	1,551	30	12	Leava
Uv�a	WF.UV	UV	98613	9,019	96	37	Mata Utu
3 kingdoms				12,867	211	82
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Kingdom code from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "WF-" to the code (ex: WF-AL represents Alo). INSEE: Kingdom code used by INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et des �tudes �conomiques). Population: 2013-07-22 census.

 

Note: some sources say that Malae and Leava are alternately called Alo and Sigave, respectively.

Postal codes: 

Wallis and Futuna uses five-digit postal codes beginning with 986, according to the French system.

Further subdivisions:

See the Districts of Wallis and Futuna page.

Uv�a is divided into three districts.

Territorial extent: 

1. Alo consists of the eastern part of Futuna Island and the island of Alofi, which is uninhabited. Futuna and Alofi together are known as the �les de Horne (Hoorn).
2. Singave consists of the western part of Futuna Island.
3. Uv�a consists of Wallis (Uv�a) Island and adjacent reefs. The country's capital, Mata-Utu, is there.

The UN LOCODE page  for Wallis and Futuna Islands lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Change history: 

1961-07-29: Status of country changed from French dependency, administered from New Caledonia, to French territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).

2003-03-28: Status changed to French collectivit� d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).

Other names of subdivisions: 

1. Sigave: Singave (variant)
2. Uv�a: Wallis (variant)

Population history:

District	1990-10-09	1996-10-03	2003-07-22	2008-07-27	2013-07-22
Alo	2,860	2,892	2,993	2,655	2,297
Singave	1,872	1,746	1,880	1,583	1,551
Uv�a	8,973	9,528	10,071	9,207	9,019
Total	13,705	14,166	14,944	13,445	12,867

Sources: 

1. [1] 2008 census: Decree posted at droit.org  (retrieved 2009-06-23).
2. [2] 1996, 2003 censuses: Statistiques de Wallis et Futuna  (retrieved 2009-06-23).
3. [3] 2003, 2008 censuses: Wallis et Futuna: Recensement de la population de 2008  (retrieved 2011-04-25).
4. [4] 2013 census: Authentification des r�sultats du recensement 2013  (retrieved 2014-02-08).