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 NiueNorfolk Island
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 (territory of Australia)
Age structure 0-14 years:
NA%

15-64 years:
NA%

65 years and over:
NA%		 0-14 years: 20.2%


15-64 years: 63.9%


65 years and over: 15.9% (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Airports 1 (2000 est.) 1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)		 total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Area total:
260 sq km

land:
260 sq km

water:
0 sq km		 total: 34.6 sq km


land: 34.6 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC about 0.2 times the size of 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. Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
Birth rate NA births/1,000 population NA
Budget revenues:
$NA

expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA		 revenues: $4.6 million


expenditures: $4.8 million (FY99/00)
Capital Alofi name: Kingston


geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E


time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate tropical; modified by southeast trade winds subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline 64 km 32 km
Constitution 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act) Norfolk Island Act of 1979, as amended in 2005
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Niue

former:
Savage Island		 conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island


conventional short form: Norfolk Island
Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD) -
Death rate NA deaths/1,000 population NA
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 self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services
Diplomatic representation from the US none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) none (territory of Australia)
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. Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs.
Electricity - consumption 2.8 million kWh (1999) NA kWh
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production 3 million kWh (1999) NA kWh
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: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Mount Bates 319 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		 -
Ethnic groups Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans) descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian
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) Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002)
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: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by the Australian governor general


head of government: Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003)


cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator


elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia
Exports $117,500 (f.o.b., 1989) $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)
Exports - commodities canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Exports - partners NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March 1 July - 30 June
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 three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band
GDP purchasing power parity - $4.5 million (1997 est.) -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
NA%

industry:
NA%

services:
NA%		 -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $2,800 (1997 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate NA% -
Geographic coordinates 19 02 S, 169 52 W 29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography - note one of world's largest coral islands most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated
Highways total:
234 km

paved:
86 km

unpaved:
148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001)		 -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%		 -
Imports $4.1 million (c.i.f., 1989) $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)
Imports - commodities food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs NA
Imports - partners NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Samoa, Australia, US Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)
Independence on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate NA% -
Industries tourism, handicrafts, food processing tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete
Infant mortality rate NA deaths/1,000 live births total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 1% (1995) -
International organization participation ACP, ESCAP (associate), FAO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UNESCO, WHO, WMO UPU
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 1 (2000) -
Irrigated land NA sq km NA
Judicial branch Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Labor force 450 (1992 est.) NA
Labor force - by occupation most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board agriculture: 10%


industry and services: 90%
Land boundaries 0 km 0 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% (2005)
Languages Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English English (official), Norfolk - a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
Legal system English common law based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law
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 Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; to serve three-year terms)


elections: last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007)


election results: seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties)
Life expectancy at birth total population:
NA years

male:
NA years

female:
NA years		 total population: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Literacy definition:
NA

total population:
95%

male:
NA%

female:
NA%		 NA
Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references Oceania Oceania
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of New Zealand defense is the responsibility of Australia
Military branches Police Force -
National holiday Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840) Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)
Nationality noun:
Niuean(s)

adjective:
Niuean		 noun: Norfolk Islander(s)


adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Natural hazards typhoons typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources fish, arable land fish
Net migration rate NA migrant(s)/1,000 population NA
Political parties and leaders Niue People's Action Party or NPP [Sani LAKATANI] none
Political pressure groups and leaders NA none
Population 2,124 (July 2001 est.) 2,114 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% -
Population growth rate 0.5% (2001 est.) 0.006% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only -
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)
Radios 1,000 (1997) -
Railways 0 km -
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) Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.2%, none 18.1% (2001 census)
Sex ratio - NA
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment:
primitive system

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

international:
NA		 general assessment: adequate


domestic: free local calls


international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite earth station
Telephones - main lines in use 376 (1991) 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular 0 (1991) 0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002)
Television broadcast stations 1 (1997) 1 (local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite) (2005)
Terrain steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Total fertility rate NA children born/woman NA
Unemployment rate NA% -
Waterways none -
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