Malaʻefoʻou is the main town in the district, located about 8 km south of Mata-Utu. Its population according to the 2018 census was 171 people.[1] Except a few industrial buildings the village is residential.
Near the village there are two archaeological sites Talietumu and Tonga Toto and north of the center is also the church L'église Saint-Joseph, the oldest church in Wallis.