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World Gazetteer Results for Namukulu:
NameNamukulu
Geographical TypeLocality
Population14
Latitude
Longitude
CountryNiue
Dictionary Results for Niue:
1. CIA World Factbook 2002
Niue

   Introduction Niue
   -----------------
                            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 about 2,100 in 2002) with
                                        substantial emigration to New
                                        Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest.
  
   Geography Niue
   --------------
                              Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific
                                        Ocean, east of Tonga
                Geographic coordinates: 19 02 S, 169 52 W
                        Map references: Oceania
                                  Area: total: 260 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 260 sq km
                    Area - comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 64 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical; modified by southeast
                                        trade winds
                               Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast,
                                        central plateau
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location near
                                        Mutalau settlement 68 m
                     Natural resources: fish, arable land
                              Land use: arable land: 19.23%
                                        permanent crops: 7.69%
                                        other: 73.08% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: typhoons
          Environment - current issues: increasing attention to
                                        conservationist practices to counter
                                        loss of soil fertility from
                                        traditional slash and burn
                                        agriculture
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification
                                        signed, but not ratified: Law of the
                                        Sea
                      Geography - note: one of world's largest coral islands
  
   People Niue
   -----------
                            Population: 2,134 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: NA%
                                        15-64 years: NA%
                                        65 years and over: NA%
                Population growth rate: 0.5% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population
                            Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population
                    Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
                             Sex ratio: NA
                 Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: NA years
                                        male: NA years
                                        female: NA years
                  Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Niuean(s)
                                        adjective: Niuean
                         Ethnic groups: Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans,
                                        Samoans, and Tongans)
                             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)
                             Languages: Niuean, a Polynesian language
                                        closely related to Tongan and
                                        Samoan; English
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: 95%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Niue
   ---------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: Niue
                                        former: Savage Island
                     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
                       Government type: self-governing parliamentary
                                        democracy
                               Capital: Alofi
              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
                          Independence: on 19 October 1974, Niue became a
                                        self-governing parliamentary
                                        government in free association with
                                        New Zealand
                      National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi
                                        established British sovereignty over
                                        New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
                          Constitution: 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution
                                        Act)
                          Legal system: English common law
                                        note: Niue is self-governing, with
                                        the power to make its own laws
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      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)
                                        election results: Sani LAKATANI
                                        elected premier; percent of
                                        Legislative Assembly vote - NA%
                                        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)
                                        head of government: Premier Sani
                                        LAKATANI (since 1 April 1999)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet consists of the
                                        premier and three ministers
                    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)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 9,
                                        independents 11; note - all 20 seats
                                        were reelected
                                        elections: last held 21 March 2002
                                        (next to be held in March 2005)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of New Zealand; High
                                        Court of Niue
         Political parties and leaders: Niue People's Action Party or NPP
                                        [Sani LAKATANI]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, ESCAP (associate), FAO,
                         participation: Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UNESCO, WHO, WMO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: none (self-governing territory in
                                        free association with New Zealand)
     Diplomatic representation from the none (self-governing territory in
                                    US: free association with New Zealand)
                      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
  
   Economy Niue
   ------------
                    Economy - overview: 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 Premier
                                        LAKATANI announced in February 2002
                                        that Niue will shut down the
                                        offshore banking industry. Economic
                                        aid from New Zealand in 2002 will be
                                        about $2.6 million.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $7.6
                                        million (2000 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: -0.3% (2000 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,600
                                        (2000 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
                                        industry: NA%
                                        services: 55%
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (1995)
                           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
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $NA
                                        expenditures: $NA, including capital
                                        expenditures of $NA
                            Industries: tourism, handicrafts, food
                                        processing
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 3 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 2.79 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: coconuts, passion fruit, honey,
                                        limes, taro, yams, cassava
                                        (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs,
                                        poultry, beef cattle
                               Exports: $137,200 (1999)
                 Exports - commodities: canned coconut cream, copra, honey,
                                        vanilla, passion fruit products,
                                        pawpaws, root crops, limes,
                                        footballs, stamps, handicrafts
                    Exports - partners: NZ mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands,
                                        Australia
                               Imports: $2.38 million (1999)
                 Imports - commodities: food, live animals, manufactured
                                        goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants,
                                        chemicals, drugs
                    Imports - partners: NZ mainly, Fiji, Japan, Samoa,
                                        Australia, US
                       Debt - external: $NA
              Economic aid - recipient: $2.6 million from New Zealand (2002)
                              Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
                         Currency code: NZD
                        Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars per US dollar -
                                        2.3535 (January 2002), 2.3776
                                        (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886
                                        (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
  
   Communications Niue
   -------------------
           Telephones - main lines in use: 376 (1991)
             Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1991)
                         Telephone system: domestic: single-line telephone
                                           system connects all villages on
                                           island
                                           international: NA
                 Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                   Radios: 1,000 (1997)
            Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
                              Televisions: NA
                    Internet country code: .nu
        Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                           Internet users: NA
  
   Transportation Niue
   -------------------
                               Railways: 0 km
                               Highways: total: 234 km
                                         paved: 86 km
                                         unpaved: 148 km (106 km of which is
                                         access and plantation road) (2001)
                              Waterways: none
                      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only
                        Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                               Airports: 1 (2001)
          Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
                                         1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Niue
   -------------
                     Military branches: no regular indigenous military
                                        forces; Police Force
                       Military - note: defense is the responsibility of New
                                        Zealand
  
   Transnational Issues Niue
   -------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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