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    Niue Geography - 2006

    https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/niue/niue_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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

      Geographic coordinates:
      19 02 S, 169 52 W

      Map references:
      Oceania

      Area:
      total: 260 sq km
      land: 260 sq km
      water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative:
      1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:
      0 km

      Coastline:
      64 km

      Maritime claims:
      territorial sea: 12 nm
      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:
      tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

      Terrain:
      steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau

      Elevation extremes:
      lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
      highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m

      Natural resources:
      fish, arable land

      Land use:
      arable land: 11.54%
      permanent crops: 15.38%
      other: 73.08% (2005)

      Irrigated land:
      NA

      Natural hazards:
      typhoons

      Environment - current issues:
      increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture

      Environment - international agreements:
      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
      signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

      Geography - note:
      one of world's largest coral islands


      NOTE: The information regarding Niue on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niue Geography 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niue Geography 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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