niue

Capital: Alofi Population: 1,398 Official Languages: Niuean English Time Zone: -11 Dialing Code: +683

Government: Unitary parliamentary Area: 260 km2 Largest village: Hakupu Currency : Niue dollar New Zealand dollar ISO 3166 code: NU

Basic Info

Niue, is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) northeast of New Zealand and within the triangle formed by Tonga (to the southwest), the Samoas (to the northwest) and the Cook Islands (to the southeast). Its land area is 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) and its population, predominantly Polynesian, is around 1,400. They commonly refer to the island as "the Rock", a reference to the traditional moniker "Rock of Polynesia".

Geography

Niue is a 269 km² raised coral atoll in the southern Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga. The geographic coordinates are 19°03′48″S 169°52′11″W. There are three geographically outlying coral reefs within the Exclusive Economic Zone that do not have any land area:

N1 - Beveridge Reef, at 20°00′S, 167°48′W, 240 km southeast, submerged atoll drying during low tide, 9.5 km North-South, 7.5 km East-West, total area 56 km², no land area, lagoon 11 metres deep

N2 - Antiope Reef, at 18°15′S, 168°24′W, 180 km southeast, is a circular plateau approximately 400 metres in diameter, with a least depth of 9.5 metres

N3 - Haran Reef (Harans Reef), at 21°33′S, 168°55′W, reported to break furiously, 294 km southeast

Climate

The island has a tropical climate, with most rainfall occurring between November and April.

Religion

Seventy-five percent of the population of Niue belong to the Ekalesia Nieue (a national Congregationalist body). About 15% are Latter-day Saints and 7% are Catholics. About 1.5% of the population are Baha'i, a relatively large proportion and ranking 19th worldwide on the list provided by Adherents.com. Two percent of the population are Jehovah's Witnesses, the second-highest proportion in the world (after St. Helena). In addition, 20 Sikhs arrived from India in 2006 to work in the vanilla and noni industries.

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