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Niue Geography 1996

Affiliation:

(free association with New Zealand)

Location:

Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total area:

260 sq km

land area:

260 sq km

comparative area:

slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

64 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

Terrain:

steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau

Natural resources:

fish, arable land

Land use:

arable land:

61%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

19%

other:

12%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

traditional methods of burning brush and trees to clear land for agriculture have threatened soil supplies which naturally are not very abundant

natural hazards:

typhoons

international agreements:

signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea

Note:

one of world's largest coral islands

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