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Country overview: 

Short name	NIUE
ISO code	NU
FIPS code	NE
Language	English (en), Niuean
Time zone	-11
Capital	Alofi

 

Niue was part of the Cook Islands protectorate in 1900. Along with the Cook Islands, it became an integral part of New Zealand on 1901-06-11. A separate administration for Niue was established in 1903. It became a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand on 1974-10-19.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Niue
2. English: Savage Island (obsolete)
3. French: Nioué (obsolete), Niue
4. German: Niue n
5. Italian: Niue
6. Norwegian: Niue
7. Russian: Ниуэ
8. Spanish: Niue
9. Turkish: Nie

Origin of name: 

Niuean niu: coconuts + e: there are (i.e., There are coconuts)

Primary subdivisions: 

Niue has no administrative divisions at this level.

Country	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)
Niue	NU.NU	1,611	260	101
Country: This division is the whole of the country, treated as a division for compatibility. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code. Population: 2011-09-10 census.

Further subdivisions:

See the Villages of Niue page.

Territorial extent: 

The country consists of the island of Niue and isolated reefs named Antiope and Beveridge.

The UN LOCODE page  for Niue lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Population history:

Census	Population
1936	4,104
1945	4,253
1956-09-25	4,707
1966-09-28	5,194
1976-12-31	3,954
1986-09-29	2.531
1997-08-17	2,088
2006-09-09	1,625
2011-09-10	1,611