Niue

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300291824
• Langue: English

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Niue

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Niue (Australia-Oceania)

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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 an estimated 1,398 in 2009) with substantial emigration to

New Zealand 2,400 km to the southwest.

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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

Country comparison to the world: 212

Land: 260 sq km

Water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 64 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 12 nm

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 5

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 elevation near Mutalau settlement 68 m

Natural resources: Fish, arable land

Land use:

Arable land: 11.54%

Permanent crops: 15.38%

Other: 73.08% (2005)

Irrigated land: NA

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 agreements: 6

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection

Geography - note: One of world's largest coral islands

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People ::Niue

Population: 1,354 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 235

Age structure:

0-14 years: NA

15-64 years: NA

65 years and over: NA (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.032% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 201

Birth rate: NA

Death rate: NA

Net migration rate: NA

Urbanization:

Urban population: 39% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: -0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) 8

Sex ratio: NA

Infant mortality rate:

Total: NA

Male: NA

Female: NA

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population: NA

Male: NA

Female: NA

Total fertility rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality:

Noun: Niuean(s)

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Adjective: Niuean

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: English (official), Niuean a Polynesian language closely

related to Tongan and Samoan; English

Literacy:

Definition: NA

Total population: 95%

Male: NA

Female: NA

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

Total: 12 years

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