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TOKELAU
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(territory of New Zealand)
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GEOGRAPHY
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Total area: 10 km2; land area: 10 km2
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Comparative area: about 17 times the size of The Mall in
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Washington, DC
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Land boundaries: none
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Coastline: 101 km
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Maritime claims:
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Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
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Territorial sea: 12 nm
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Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
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Terrain: coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
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Natural resources: negligible
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Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
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0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%
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Environment: lies in Pacific typhoon belt
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Note: located 3,750 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific
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Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
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PEOPLE
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Population: 1,700 (July 1991), growth rate 0.0% (1991)
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Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population (1991)
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Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population (1991)
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Net migration rate: NA migrants/1,000 population (1991)
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Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
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Life expectancy at birth: NA years male, NA years female (1991)
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Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman (1991)
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Nationality: noun--Tokelauan(s); adjective--Tokelauan
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Ethnic divisions: all Polynesian, with cultural ties to Western
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Samoa
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Religion: Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic
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28%, other 2%; on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on
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Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the
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Congregational Christian Church predominant
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Language: Tokelauan (a Polynesian language) and English
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Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
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Labor force: NA
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Organized labor: NA
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GOVERNMENT
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Long-form name: none
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Type: territory of New Zealand
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Capital: none, each atoll has its own administrative center
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Administrative divisions: none (territory of New Zealand)
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Independence: none (territory of New Zealand)
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Constitution: administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948,
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as amended in 1970
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Legal system: British and local statutes
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National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established
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British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
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Executive branch: administrator (appointed by the Minister of
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Foreign Affairs in New Zealand), official secretary
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Legislative branch: Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll
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Judicial branch: High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand
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Leaders:
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Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
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Head of Government--Administrator Neil WALTER; Official Secretary
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M. NORRISH, Office of Tokelau Affairs
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Suffrage: NA
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Elections: NA
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Communists: probably none
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Member of: SPC
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Diplomatic representation: none (territory of New Zealand)
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Flag: the flag of New Zealand is used
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ECONOMY
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Overview: Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources
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greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the
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subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to
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maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than
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GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage
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stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to
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families from relatives in New Zealand.
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GDP: $1.4 million, per capita $800; real growth rate NA%
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(1988 est.)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
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Unemployment rate: NA%
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Budget: revenues $430,830; expenditures $2.8 million, including
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capital expenditures of $37,300 (FY87)
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Exports: $98,000 (f.o.b., 1983);
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commodities--stamps, copra, handicrafts;
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partners--NZ
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Imports: $323,400 (c.i.f., 1983);
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commodities--foodstuffs, building materials, fuel;
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partners--NZ
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External debt: none
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Industrial production: growth rate NA%
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Electricity: 200 kW capacity; 300,000 kWh produced,
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180 kWh per capita (1990)
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Industries: small-scale enterprises for copra production, wood
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work, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
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Agriculture: coconuts, copra; basic subsistence crops--breadfruit,
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papaya, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
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Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
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commitments (1970-88), $24 million
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Currency: New Zealand dollar (plural--dollars);
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1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
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Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1--1.6798 (January
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1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6711 (1989), 1.5244 (1988), 1.6886 (1987), 1.9088
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(1986), 2.0064 (1985)
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Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
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Airports: none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western
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Samoa
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Telecommunications: telephone service between islands and to
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Western Samoa
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DEFENSE FORCES
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Note: defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
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