Travelling Club - Niue

Fact Sheet: Niue

• Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
• Geographic coordinates: 19 02 S, 169 52 W
• Area: total: 260 sq km
• Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
• Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
• Natural hazards: typhoons
• Population: 2,166 (July 2006 est.)
• 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
• Capital: name: Alofi
• Currency code: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
• Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001)
• Internet country code: .nu
• Airports: 1 (2006)