Fongafale (also spelt Fogale or Fagafale) is the largest of Funafuti's islets in Tuvalu. It's a long snake-like slither of land,12km long and between 10 and 400m wide,with the South Pacific Ocean on the east and the protected lagoon on the west.The airstrip runs from northeast to southwest on the widest part of the island with the village and administrative centre of Vaiaku on the lagoon side. Fongafale is located at 8°31' South, 179°12' East (-8.516667, 179.2). [1]

There are four neighbourhoods:

• Alapi
• Fakai Fou
• Senala
• Vaiaku

Vaiaku is the most important and most southern, and most western neighbourhood. The official buildings are here. Vaiaku is a village in Tuvalu. ... Vaiaku is a village in Tuvalu. ...

The only (international) airport of the country is located in Fongafale. There are seven small ponds. The Pond (Funafuti) is the biggest of them.
On the island there are government offices, Vaiaku Lagi Hotel (the only hotel of the country, there are also a few guesthouses), telecommunication centre, a jail, a meteorological station, a fuelpump station, a hospital (Princess Margaret Hospital), the governor's house, the Tuvalu House, the Philatelic Bureau, some shops, the Country's only commercial bank, and the general post office. Seaplanes can land near the airport. The Fetuao Lima Church, Tausoa Maneapa (city hall), cooperation shop and a primary school are also on the island. There is a hurricane bank and a reef around the island. The bank is on the eastern side, the side of the open Pacific ocean, so the western side is the atoll-side. There is a wreck from WW II. The Vaiaku Langi Hotel, or Vaiaku Lagi Hotel, situated in Funafuti, Tuvalu, is the Pacific island nations only hotel. ... Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ...

There are four taxis, and you can hire motorbikes. The village has a surface area of more than 0.65 square km and contains about 4000 inhabitants.