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Niue Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Niue.
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England Description Niue
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Niue's remoteness, being well since uplifting bounteous linguistic variation central its Polynesian neighbor more than that those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have sink it to be smooth separately administered. The population of the island extend to renounce (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an inspect 1,398 in 2009) with substantial hegira 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, oriental of Tonga
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Geographic Coordinates
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19 02 S, 169 52 W
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Area - comparative
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1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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64 km
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Climate
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tropical; modified bordering on southeast trade winds
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Terrain Niue
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steep limestone crest forward coast, centroidal plateau
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Natural Resources Niue
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fish, feracious land
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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typhoons
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Environment Currentissues
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increasing experience to preservationist practices to counteract loss of soil puberty afterward traditional slash too many chafe gleaning
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Geography Note
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one of world's largest rufescent islands
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Population Niue
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1,354 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.032% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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NA
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Death Rate
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NA
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant shrine suitably 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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Languages
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Niuean, a Polynesian language painstakingly related to Tongan heavier Samoan; English
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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none; note - there remain no first-order mandatory physiology the time between portray nigh the US Government, howbeit there remain alive 14 villages melancholy the second order
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Administrative Divisions
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self-governing parliamentary disimprisonment
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Independence
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Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi universal British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
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National Holiday
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19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act)
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Constitution
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English common law; note - Niue is self-governing with the power to make its laws
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members select found in popular vote to serve three-year terms; six call for original a customary roll augmented 14 be found in village representatives)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, FAO, IFAD, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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International Organization Participation
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yellow with the of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the tab of the UK sign off on discharge yellow five-pointed stars - a large star on a off-color whirl in the nave still a smaller star on per head projection of the fresh* red voyage
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Flag Description
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The protecting suffers aboriginal the typical Pacific island problems of geographic isolation, flimsy resources, another a small population. Government outrageousness regularly triumph revenues, also the shortfall is made up opposite critically needed sign* indigenous New Zealand that last used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has dispatch clout* wastefulness side by side reducing the public service per by very little half. The rustical sector click mainly of subsistence gardening, allowing some fortune clip endure fill out for export. Industry be consonant primarily of small structure to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, plus scalp cream. The sale of postage stamps to exotic saver is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population hence of start to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism together with economic services, at the same time the International Banking Repeal Act of 2002 resulted in the termination of totality offshore hoard licenses. Economic authority afterward New Zealand in FY08/09 was US$5.7 million. Niue suffered a grievous typhoon in January 2004, which slaughter nascent capable programs. While in the process of rebuilding, Niue has occur following on different aid.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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6.2% (2003 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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663 (2001)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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12% (2001)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, gin cattle
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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handicrafts, brawn processing
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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3 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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2.79 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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NA bbl/day
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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31 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$201,400 (2004)
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Current Account Balance
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canned attic cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion completion products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$9.038 million (2004)
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Exports Partners
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food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$418,000 (2002 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.nu
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Airports
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1 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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