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List All Cities Niue Listing cities Niue database :
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Description Niue by rbd.me
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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 an estimated 1,398 in 2009) with substantial emigration to New Zealand 2,400 km to the southwest.
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Location
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Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
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Area - comparative
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1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Natural resources Niue
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steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
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Population Niue
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1,354 (July 2010 est.)
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Religions Niue
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Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3% (2001 census)
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Languages
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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)
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Education Niue expenditures
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Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English
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Government Niue type
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NA
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Independence
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self-governing parliamentary democracy
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Niue Economy - overview
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ACP, AOSIS, FAO, IFAD, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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Investment Niue
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663 (2001)
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Industries Niue
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Airports Niue
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