Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Administrative divisions===
{{Main|Islands of Tuvalu}}
[[File:Tv-map.png|thumb|upright=1.15|A map of Tuvalu]]

Tuvalu consists of six [[atoll]]s and three [[reef]] islands, each constituting a district of the country. The smallest, Niulakita, is administered as part of Niutao. The districts, their island counts, and their populations as of the 2022 census are as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! District
! Islets
! Population
|-
| [[Funafuti]]
| 6
| 6,602
|-
| [[Nanumanga]]
| 1
| 391
|-
| [[Nanumea]]
| 9
| 610
|-
| [[Niulakita]]
| 1
| 36
|-
| [[Niutao]]
| 1
| 550
|-
| [[Nui (atoll)|Nui]]
| 21
| 514
|-
| [[Nukufetau]]
| 33
| 581
|-
| [[Nukulaelae]]
| 15
| 341
|-
| [[Vaitupu]]
| 9
| 1,007
|}

Each island has its own high-chief ([[ulu-aliki]]), several sub-chiefs ([[Ariki|aliki]]s), and a community council ([[Falekaupule]]). The ''Falekaupule'', also known as ''te sina o fenua'' (grey-hairs of the land), is the traditional assembly of elders.

The ulu-aliki and aliki exercise informal authority at the local level, with the former chosen on the basis of ancestry. Since the passage of the Falekaupule Act in 1997,<ref name="pacliiF">{{cite web |work=PACLII |title=Falekaupule Act (1997) |url=http://www.paclii.org/tv/legis/consol_act_2008/fa121/ |access-date=6 April 2014 |archive-date=30 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030232202/http://www.paclii.org/tv/legis/consol_act_2008/fa121/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the powers and functions of the ''Falekaupule'' are shared with the ''pule o kaupule'', a village president elected on each atoll.<ref name="Bennetts">{{cite book |author1=Bennetts, Peter |author2=Wheeler, Tony |title=Time & Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu |year=2001 |isbn=1-86450-342-4 |publisher=Lonely Planet}}</ref>

Tuvalu has [[ISO 3166-2:TV|ISO 3166-2 codes]] defined for one town council (Funafuti) and seven island councils. Niulakita, which now has its own island council, is not listed, as it is administered as part of Niutao.