Mata-Utu
Mata Utu is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France.
Mata Utu is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Uvéa (ʻUvea), in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the capital. It is one of two ports in Wallis and Futuna, the other being at Leava on Futuna. Hihifo Airport, the main airport serving the island and city, is 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) to the northwest. Its population was 1,029 in 2018, up from 815 in 1998.
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Worth seeing in and around Mata-Utu
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mata Utu Cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as Matâ'Utu Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Mata Utu on Uvea, in Wallis and Futuna. It is a dominant edifice in downtown Mata-Utu town, capital of Wallis Island.
1.1 km · cathedral located in Wallis-et-Futuna, in France · Wikipedia - 02Talietumu
Talietumu or Kolo Nui is an archaeological site in Wallis and Futuna in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean.
2.5 km · archaeological site in Wallis and Futuna in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean · Wikipedia - 03Uvea Museum Association
Uvea Museum Association is a private museum on the island of Wallis, in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna. Located in the Mata Utu shopping centre, it is arranged thematically, and visits are by appointment only.
400 m · Museum in Wallis and Futuna · Wikipedia - 04Stade Laione Rugby
Stade Laione Rugby is a 1,000-capacity stadium in Mata-Utu, Wallis Island, Wallis and Futuna.
1.1 km · stadium in Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mata-Utu
- Airports
- Hihifo (WLS), 5 km
- Apia → Mata-Utu480 km · quickest by air, 7h 41m · $260–380
- Pago Pago → Mata-UtuTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Vava'u Island → Mata-Utu647 km · quickest by air, 5h 35m · $250–380
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mata-Utu
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mata-Utu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Mata-Utu
- Aka'akavillage of Wallis and Futuna1.5 km
- Falaleuhuman settlement in Wallis and Futuna, France1.1 km
- Ha'afuasiavillage in Wallis and Futuna, France1.9 km
- Alofivaihuman settlement in France3 km
- Lavegahauvillage in Wallis and Futuna in Mu'a district on Wallis island3.2 km
- Likuvillage in Wallis and Futuna, France2.4 km