South East Malekula Area Council

South East Malekula area council comes under the Malampa provincial office which has its main administration office at lakatoro.

There are 10 area councils in malampa and South East Malekula area council is one of them.

The name of the area council Head quarter was Rakontef and was situated at tisman South East malekula.

The total population of the area council is 5123 and total number of house hold is 1098. Number of community at the area council is 27 altogether.

The area council has government offering classes from the kindergarten, primary and secondary level education.
Water is the most basic necessity. The area council continues to rely on pipe system providing water system and rain water.

Communication services available are Digicel, Vodafone and 2 way radio.

The three main official languages are English, French, bislama and 7 different native spoken languages.

Most of the people from the South East of the island belong to the Christian faith religion but few join other denominations.

The main economic income from the area is copra, cocoa, kava and etc.

 We have numerous places of interest with many historical significance, rich cultural value, beautiful natural surrounding and fun filled activities that can attract a lot of tourist.
 
The areas are rich and have fertile soil for agriculture purpose.