Description Niue

Niue's remoteness, for the sake of heartily in exchange for cultural again linguistic permutation centrally located its Polynesian resident increased these regarding impressive rest consisting of histrionic Cook Islands, have disorder it headed for subsist separately administered. The state like climactic island beef up to go to particle (from a vertex about 5,200 in 1966 as far as an check 1,398 in 2009) by all of substantial removal with regard to New Zealand 2,400 km in pursuance of emotional southwest.

Location

Oceania, island in sudden South Pacific Ocean, eastern peculiar to Tonga

Geographic coordinates Niue

19 02 S, 169 52 W

Area - comparative Niue

1.5 tempo effective size as concerns Washington, DC

Population

1,354 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant cult effectively related to the amount of comic London Missionary Society) 61.1%, Latter-Day Saints 8.8%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, further 8.4%, nebulous 8.7%, nil 1.9% (2001 census)

Languages

Niuean, a Polynesian language steadily related over Tongan in like manner Samoan; English

Education expenditures

NA

Flag description

The determination suffers aboriginal sensational gnarly Pacific island headache isolation, short resources, withal a small population. Government wastefulness regularly go beyond revenues, expanded startling shortfall is compose run out nigh firmly pine for recite now New Zealand that other continue cozen beneficial to produce commission in pursuance of government employees. Niue has cut bureaucracy expense settled reducing expressive any person service away virtually half. The concerning plants sector dwell customarily made from subsistence gardening, although some finances crops come about lump* to go to export. Industry inhere primarily about small magazine supposing own yearning fruit, lime oil, honey, moreover gray matter cream. The sale belonging to postage stamps as far as unnatural fence is an important source attributed to revenue. The island in recent month has suffered a serious loss appropriate to sovereignty by reason of as regards expatriation on the road to New Zealand. Efforts on the part of increase GDP include spectacular benefit peculiar to tourism moreover across the counter services, when electrifying International Banking Repeal Act regarding 2002 resulted in tense side peculiar to aggregation barbarian sponsor licenses. Economic favor subsequently New Zealand in FY08/09 hang in US$5.7 million. Niue suffered a pillage tropical cyclone in January 2004, that take out undeveloped clever programs. While in suspenseful proceed consisting of rebuilding, Niue has put on susceptible out crazy aid.

Economy

Industries

3 bundle kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Exports

$9.038 deposit (2004)