Fongafale Tuvalu:

Fongafale  is the largest of Funafuti's islets in Tuvalu. It is a long narrow sliver of land, 12 kilometres long and between 10 and 400 metres wide, with the South Pacific Ocean and reef on the east and the protected lagoon on the west. The north part is the Tengako peninsula and Funafuti International Airport runs from northeast to southwest on the widest part of the island with the village and administrative centre of Vaiaku on the lagoon side. It contains the Tengako peninsula.In 1972 Funafuti was in the path of Cyclone Bebe. Cyclone Bebe knocked down 90% of the houses and trees on Fongafale. The storm surge created a wall of coral rubble along the ocean side of Fongafale and Funafala that was about 10 miles (16 km) long, and about 10 feet (3.0 m) to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick at the bottom.Vaiaku is the most important, most southern and most western neighbourhood, which includes the Vaiaku Lagi Hotel (the only hotel of the country, there are also a few guesthouses), some shops, a fuelpump station, Tuvalu's only commercial bank, and the general post office. The villages has a surface area of more than 0.65 square kilometres and have about 4,000 inhabitants.The official buildings are located on Fongafale and include the Parliament of Tuvalu, the offices of the government ministries, the house of the Governor General of Tuvalu, the Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau, the Tuvalu Meteorology Service, the offices of the Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation and the Tuvalu Media Corporation. The Tuvalu Media Corporation operates radio services and also publishes Sikuleo o Tuvalu - Tuvalu Echo (previously: Tuvalu Echoes), a fortnightly newspaper and a news website.The Princess Margaret Hospital, the Fetuao Lima Church, Tausoa Maneapa (city hall), co-operative shop and a primary school are also on the island.

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