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 NiueMonaco
Administrative divisions none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages each with its own village council whose members are elected and serve three-year terms none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four quarters (quartiers, singular - quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
Age structure 0-14 years:
NA%

15-64 years:
NA%

65 years and over:
NA%
0-14 years: 15.5% (male 2,551; female 2,445)


15-64 years: 62.1% (male 9,814; female 10,130)


65 years and over: 22.4% (male 2,937; female 4,253) (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle none
Airports 1 (2000 est.) none; linked to airport in Nice, France, by helicopter service (2002)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)
-
Area total:
260 sq km

land:
260 sq km

water:
0 sq km
total: 1.95 sq km


land: 1.95 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background 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 2,100 in 2000) with substantial emigration to New Zealand. Economic development was spurred in the late 19th century with a railroad linkup to France and the opening of a casino. Since then, the principality's mild climate, splendid scenery, and gambling facilities have made Monaco world famous as a tourist and recreation center.
Birth rate NA births/1,000 population 9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Budget revenues:
$NA

expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
revenues: $518 million


expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)
Capital Alofi Monaco
Climate tropical; modified by southeast trade winds Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers
Coastline 64 km 4.1 km
Constitution 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act) 17 December 1962
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Niue

former:
Savage Island
conventional long form: Principality of Monaco


conventional short form: Monaco


local long form: Principaute de Monaco


local short form: Monaco
Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD) euro (EUR)
Death rate NA deaths/1,000 population 12.82 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Debt - external $NA $NA
Dependency status self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs -
Diplomatic representation from the US none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) the US does not have an embassy in Monaco; the US Consul General in Marseille (France) is accredited to Monaco
Diplomatic representation in the US none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) Monaco does not have an embassy in the US


consulate(s) general: New York
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient $8.3 million (1995) $NA
Economy - overview Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by critically needed grants from New Zealand that are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry. Monaco, situated on the French Mediterranean coast, is a popular resort, attracting tourists to its casino and pleasant climate. In 2001, a major new construction project will extend the pier used by cruise ships in the main harbor. The principality has successfully sought to diversify into services and small, high-value-added, nonpolluting industries. The state has no income tax and low business taxes and thrives as a tax haven both for individuals who have established residence and for foreign companies that have set up businesses and offices. The state retains monopolies in a number of sectors, including tobacco, the telephone network, and the postal service. Living standards are high, roughly comparable to those in prosperous French metropolitan areas. Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimates below are extremely rough.
Electricity - consumption 2.8 million kWh (1999) NA kWh
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) NA kWh


note: electricity supplied by France
Electricity - production 3 million kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
-
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m


highest point: Mont Agel 140 m
Environment - current issues increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture NA
Environment - international agreements party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification

signed, but not ratified:
Law of the Sea
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling


signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
Ethnic groups Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans) French 47%, Monegasque 16%, Italian 16%, other 21%
Exchange rates New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.2502 (January 2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997), 1.4543 (1996) euros per US dollar - 1.06 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998)
Executive branch chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner John BRYAN (since NA May 2000)

head of government:
Premier Sani LAKATANI (since 1 April 1999)

cabinet:
Cabinet consists of the premier and three ministers

elections:
the monarch is hereditary; premier elected by the Legislative Assembly for a three-year term; election last held 19 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2002)

election results:
Sani LAKATANI elected premier; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - NA%
chief of state: Prince RAINIER III (since 9 May 1949); Heir Apparent Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis Pierre, son of the monarch (born 14 March 1958)


head of government: Minister of State Patrick LECLERCQ (since 5 January 2000)


cabinet: Council of Government is under the authority of the monarch


elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; minister of state appointed by the monarch from a list of three French national candidates presented by the French Government
Exports $117,500 (f.o.b., 1989) $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France
Exports - commodities canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts -
Exports - partners NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia -
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March calendar year
Flag description yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and red
GDP purchasing power parity - $4.5 million (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - $870 million (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
NA%

industry:
NA%

services:
NA%
agriculture: NA%


industry: NA%


services: NA%
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $2,800 (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - $27,000 (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate NA% NA%
Geographic coordinates 19 02 S, 169 52 W 43 44 N, 7 24 E
Geography - note one of world's largest coral islands second-smallest independent state in the world (after Holy See); almost entirely urban
Heliports - 1 (shuttle service between the international airport at Nice, France, and Monaco's heliport at Fontvieille) (2002)
Highways total:
234 km

paved:
86 km

unpaved:
148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001)
total: 50 km


paved: 50 km


unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Imports $4.1 million (c.i.f., 1989) $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France
Imports - commodities food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs -
Imports - partners NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Samoa, Australia, US -
Independence on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand 1419 (beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi)
Industrial production growth rate NA% NA%
Industries tourism, handicrafts, food processing tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer products
Infant mortality rate NA deaths/1,000 live births total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 1% (1995) NA%
International organization participation ACP, ESCAP (associate), FAO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UNESCO, WHO, WMO ACCT, ECE, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNITAR, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 1 (2000) 2 (2000)
Irrigated land NA sq km NA sq km
Judicial branch Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)
Labor force 450 (1992 est.) 30,540 (January 1994)
Labor force - by occupation most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board -
Land boundaries 0 km total: 4.4 km


border countries: France 4.4 km
Land use arable land:
19%

permanent crops:
8%

permanent pastures:
4%

forests and woodland:
19%

other:
50% (1993 est.)
arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (urban area) (1998 est.)
Languages Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque
Legal system English common law based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; six elected from a common roll and 14 are village representatives)

elections:
last held 19 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2002)

election results:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 9, independents 11
unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members elected by list majority system, 8 by proportional representation; to serve five-year terms)


elections: last held 9 February 2003 (next to be held NA February 2008)


election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UNAM 21, UND 3
Life expectancy at birth total population:
NA years

male:
NA years

female:
NA years
total population: 79.27 years


male: 75.37 years


female: 83.37 years (2003 est.)
Literacy definition:
NA

total population:
95%

male:
NA%

female:
NA%
definition: NA


total population: 99%


male: NA%


female: NA%
Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy
Map references Oceania Europe
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) none (2002 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of New Zealand defense is the responsibility of France
Military branches Police Force -
National holiday Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840) National Day (Prince of Monaco Holiday), 19 November
Nationality noun:
Niuean(s)

adjective:
Niuean
noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)


adjective: Monegasque or Monacan
Natural hazards typhoons NA
Natural resources fish, arable land none
Net migration rate NA migrant(s)/1,000 population 7.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Political parties and leaders Niue People's Action Party or NPP [Sani LAKATANI] National and Democratic Union or UND [Jean-Louis CAMPORA]; Union for Monaco or UPM (including National Union for the Future of Monaco or UNAM [leader NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders NA NA
Population 2,124 (July 2001 est.) 32,130 (July 2003 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA%
Population growth rate 0.5% (2001 est.) 0.44% (2003 est.)
Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only Monaco
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998)
Radios 1,000 (1997) -
Railways 0 km total: 1.7 km


standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge (2002)
Religions 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) Roman Catholic 90%
Sex ratio - at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female


total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 21 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment:
primitive system

domestic:
single-line telephone system connects all villages on island

international:
NA
general assessment: modern automatic telephone system


domestic: NA


international: no satellite earth stations; connected by cable into the French communications system
Telephones - main lines in use 376 (1991) 31,027 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular 0 (1991) NA
Television broadcast stations 1 (1997) 5 (1998)
Terrain steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau hilly, rugged, rocky
Total fertility rate NA children born/woman 1.76 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate NA% 3.1% (1998)
Waterways none none
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