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| Overview | People | Geography | Economy | Government | Communications | Transport | Military | Map |
| Country | Niue |
| Flag |  |
| Capital | name: Alofi geographic coordinates: 19 01 S, 169 55 W time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Population | 1,492 note: based on data for 2000 and 2001, which indicate a declining population trend that is assumed to continue (July 2007 est.) |
| GMT | -11 |
| Location | Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga see map |
| Area | total: 260 sq km land: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Ethnic groups | Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3% (2001 census) |
| 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) |
| Languages | Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English |
| Government type | self-governing parliamentary democracy |
| 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 |
| 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 an estimated 1,492 in 2007), with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest. |
| Internet country code | .nu |
