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Niue

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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Voyagers from Samoa first settled on Niue around A.D. 900, and a second main group of settlers came from Tonga around 1500. With only one reliable source of fresh water, conflict was high on the island. Samoan and Tongan customs heavily influenced Niuean culture, including the formation of an island-wide elected kingship system in the early 1700s. In 1774, British explorer James COOK landed on the island and named it Savage Island because of the Niueans' hostility.

Capital
Alofi
Government
parliamentary democracy
Population
1,815
Area
260 sq km
Location
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Climate
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Natural resources
arable land; fish
Languages
Niuean 46% (official; a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan); Niuean and English 32%; English (official) 11%…
Religions
Ekalesia Niue 61.7%; Latter Day Saints 8.7%; Roman Catholic 8.4%; other 8.2%…
Independence
19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
Administrative divisions
no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 14 villages are considered second-order
Currency
New Zealand dollars (NZD)
Export partners
USA 54%; Germany 8%; Canada 5%; UK 5%…
Import partners
NZ 87%; Fiji 6%; UAE 2%; Slovakia 1%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

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Currency
New Zealand dollars (NZD)
Languages
Niuean 46% (official; a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan); Niuean and English 32%; English (official) 11%…
Government
parliamentary democracy
Climate
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

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