Villages of Niue

Niue is divided into 14 villages. In the context of Niue, a "village" is not just a group of dwellings, but has delimited boundaries and local government (a village council). Niue census reports are broken down by village. Thanks to Peter Dotzauer for reporting this to me.

VillageHASCPopulationArea(km.²)Area(mi.²)
Alofi NorthNU.NU.AN1474618
Alofi SouthNU.NU.AS434
AvateleNU.NU.AV164145
HakupuNU.NU.HP1624819
HikutavakeNU.NU.HV56104
LakepaNU.NU.LP72228
LikuNU.NU.LI624216
MakefuNU.NU.MF62177
MutalauNU.NU.MT852610
NamukuluNU.NU.NM1411
TamakautogaNU.NU.TM157125
ToiNU.NU.TO3152
TuapaNU.NU.TP120135
VaieaNU.NU.VA5952
Total1,625259100

Territorial extent:

There is a quadripoint—a point where four villages meet. The villages are Alofi South, Avatele, Hakupu, and Tamakautoga. Even more exciting, there is a quintipoint where Alofi North, Lakepa, Makefu, Mutalau, and Tuapa meet.

Population history:

Village1986-09-291997-08-172006-09-09
Makefu1249562
Tuapa235168120
Namukulu532814
Hikutavake1176856
Toi913531
Mutalau18814885
Lakepa13912572
Liku1169262
Hakupu244258162
Vaiea364659
Avatele195143164
Tamakautoga182150157
Alofi South477443434
Alofi North334289147
Total2,5312,0881,625

Sources:

  1. [1] Niue 2001 Census of Population and Housing Report , Economic, Planning, Development and Statistics Unit. September, 2001 (retrieved 2009-06-19)
  2. [2] Niue Population Profile Based on 2006 Census of Population and Housing , Niue Economics, Planning, Development & Statistics Unit, and the SPC Statistics and Demography Programme. Noumea, New Caledonia, 2008 (retrieved 2009-06-19)
  3. [3] Niue Population Profile Based on 1997 Census , Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Noumea, New Caledonia, 1999 (retrieved 2009-06-19)
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