Funafuti Atoll

Funafuti Atoll
TUVALU
The small island nation of Tuvalu has a population of 4,500, making the Funafuti Atoll the most populated atoll in this small country. It is a narrow sweep of land between 20 and 400 m wide, encircling a large lagoon 18 km long and 14 km wide - at 275 square km, by far the largest lagoon in Tuvalu. The land area of the 33 islets amounts to square 2.4 km, less than one percent of the total area of the atoll. The largest island is Fongafale. On this island, there are four villages, of which one is Vaiaku, where Tuvalu's government is located. The entire atoll of Funafuti is officially the capital.