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Niue
INTRODUCTION
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Background:
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Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to about 2,100 in 2002) with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest. |
GEOGRAPHY
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Location:
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Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
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Geographic coordinates:
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19 02 S, 169 52 W |
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Map references:
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Oceania |
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Area:
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total: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km land: 260 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
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1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries:
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0 km |
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Coastline:
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64 km |
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Maritime claims:
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exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM |
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Climate:
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tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
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Terrain:
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steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
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Natural resources:
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fish, arable land |
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Land use:
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arable land: 19.23%
permanent crops: 7.69% other: 73.08% (1998 est.) |
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Irrigated land:
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NA sq km |
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Natural hazards:
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typhoons |
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Environment - current issues:
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increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture |
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
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Geography - note:
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one of world's largest coral islands |
PEOPLE
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Population:
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2,134 (July 2002 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: NA%
15-64 years: NA% 65 years and over: NA% |
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Population growth rate:
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0.5% (2002 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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NA births/1,000 population |
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Death rate:
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NA deaths/1,000 population |
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Net migration rate:
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NA migrant(s)/1,000 population |
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Sex ratio:
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NA |
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Infant mortality rate:
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NA deaths/1,000 live births |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: NA years
male: NA years female: NA years |
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Total fertility rate:
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NA children born/woman |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA% |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
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Nationality:
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noun: Niuean(s)
adjective: Niuean |
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Ethnic groups:
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Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans) |
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Religions:
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Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist) |
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Languages:
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Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English |
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Literacy:
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definition: NA
total population: 95% male: NA% female: NA% |