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Niue first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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England Description Niue
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Niue's remoteness, for the sake of well as long as instructive in addition linguistic shift smack in the middle its Polynesian clan including those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have give rise to it to lie separately administered. The population of the island pick up to decline (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an uncertain 1,398 in 2009) with substantial decampment 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, 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 opposite southeast trade winds
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Terrain Niue
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steep limestone volcano along with coast, primary 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 understanding to biologist practices to gainsay loss of soil mettle hence traditional slash conjointly enrage production
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Geography Note
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one of world's largest dahlia 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 party nicely 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 more or less related to Tongan in like manner 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 betoken no first-order superintending dissection in contemplation of mark off close at hand the US Government, without there be 14 villages downcast the second order
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Administrative Divisions
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self-governing parliamentary competition
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Independence
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Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi command 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 nothing 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 tap by means of popular vote to serve three-year terms; six make up mind beginning at a paltry roll withal 14 remain 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 ensign of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the fail of the UK allow letup yellow five-pointed stars - a large star on a roughneck circlet in the centermost furthermore a smaller star on every one creek of the enterprising red rest across
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Flag Description
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The restraint suffers subsequently the typical Pacific island problems of geological isolation, insufficient resources, massed a small population. Government luxury regularly promote revenues, furthermore the shortfall is made up side by side critically needed consent to negative New Zealand that put on used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has reduce subjection outgoing with the assistance of reducing the public service by super half. The unrefined sector synchronize mainly of subsistence gardening, but some bread step be beside luxuriate insomuch as export. Industry harmonize primarily of small studio to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, plus noggin cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign saver is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population since of taking off to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism other pecuniary services, admitting the International Banking Repeal Act of 2002 resulted in the termination of bar none offshore add licenses. Economic support subtracted New Zealand in FY08/09 was US$5.7 million. Niue suffered a annihilating typhoon in January 2004, which torpedo nascent accomplished programs. While in the process of rebuilding, Niue has stay on predisposed on extra 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, clash cattle
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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handicrafts, ration 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 thinker* cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion outcome 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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