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 Paracel IslandsNiue
Administrative divisions - none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the second order
Age structure - 0-14 years: NA


15-64 years: NA


65 years and over: NA
Agriculture - products - coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Airports 1 (2000 est.) 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

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


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area total:
NA sq km

land:
NA sq km

water:
0 sq km		 total: 260 sq km


land: 260 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative NA 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Background This archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and potentially large oil reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Prattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops captured a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. However, the islands are still claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. 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 2,150 in 2005), with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest.
Birth rate - NA births/1,000 population
Budget - revenues: NA


expenditures: NA
Capital - Alofi
Climate tropical tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Coastline 518 km 64 km
Constitution - 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act)
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Paracel Islands		 conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Niue


former: Savage Island
Death rate - NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external - $418,000 (2002 est.)
Dependency status - self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue
Diplomatic representation from the US - none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US - none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand)
Disputes - international occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam none
Economic aid - recipient - $2.6 million from New Zealand (2002)
Economy - overview China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism. The economy suffers from the typical Pacific island problems of geographic isolation, few resources, and a small population. 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, although former Premier LAKATANI announced in February 2002 that Niue will shut down the offshore banking industry. Economic aid from New Zealand in 2002 was about $2.6 million. Niue suffered a devastating hurricane in January 2004, which decimated nascent economic programs. While in the process of rebuilding, Niue has been dependent on foreign aid.
Electricity - consumption - 2.79 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production - 3 million kWh (2002)
Elevation extremes lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m		 lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
Environment - current issues NA increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture
Environment - international agreements - party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification


signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Ethnic groups - Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3% (2001 census)
Exchange rates - New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000)
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 Young VIVIAN (since 1 May 2002)


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 12 May 2005 (next to be held May 2008)


election results: Young VIVIAN reelected premier; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - Young VIVIAN (NPP) 85%, O'Love JACOBSEN (independent) 15%
Exports - NA
Exports - commodities - canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Exports - partners - New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia (2000)
Fiscal year - 1 April - 31 March
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
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture: NA


industry: NA


services: 55%
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - -0.3% (2000 est.)
Geographic coordinates 16 30 N, 112 00 E 19 02 S, 169 52 W
Geography - note - one of world's largest coral islands
Highways - total: 234 km


paved: 86 km


unpaved: 148 km (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA
Imports - NA
Imports - commodities - food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Imports - partners - New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Australia, US (2000)
Independence - on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand
Industrial production growth rate - NA
Industries - tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Infant mortality rate - total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - 1% (1995)
International organization participation - ACP, FAO, PIF, Sparteca, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
Irrigated land 0 sq km (1993) NA
Judicial branch - Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue
Labor force - NA
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 0 km
Land use arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100%		 arable land: 15.38%


permanent crops: 11.54%


other: 73.08% (2001)
Languages - Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English
Legal system - English common law


note: Niue is self-governing, with the power to make its own laws
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 30 April 2005 (next to be held April 2008)


election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA
Life expectancy at birth - total population: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Literacy - definition: NA


total population: 95%


male: NA%


female: NA%
Location Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Map references Southeast Asia Oceania
Maritime claims NA territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note occupied by China defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Military branches - no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
National holiday - Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Nationality - noun: Niuean(s)


adjective: Niuean
Natural hazards typhoons typhoons
Natural resources none fish, arable land
Net migration rate - NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Political parties and leaders - Niue People's Action Party or NPP [Young VIVIAN]; Alliance of Independents or AI [leader NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders - NA
Population no indigenous inhabitants

note:
there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2001 est.)		 2,166 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA
Population growth rate - 0% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations - AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions - Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 61.1%, Latter-Day Saints 8.8%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.4%, unspecified 8.7%, none 1.9% (2001 census)
Sex ratio - NA
Suffrage - 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system - domestic: single-line telephone system connects all villages on island


international: country code - 683
Telephones - main lines in use - 1,100 est (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 400 (2002)
Television broadcast stations - 1 (1997)
Terrain mostly low and flat steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
Total fertility rate - NA
Unemployment rate - NA
Waterways none -
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