| Geography | Niue |
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Location:
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Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
Geographic coordinates:
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19 02 S, 169 52 W |
Map references:
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Oceania |
Area:
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total: 260 sq km
land: 260 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries:
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0 km |
Coastline:
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64 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
Terrain:
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steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m |
Natural resources:
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fish, arable land |
Land use:
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arable land: 11.54%
permanent crops: 15.38%
other: 73.08% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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NA |
Total renewable water resources:
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void |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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void |
Natural hazards:
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typhoons |
Environment - current issues:
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increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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one of world's largest coral islands |
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