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Title :Tokelau
Text :
Tokelau
Header
Affiliation:
(territory of New Zealand)
Geography
Location:
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the
way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Map references:
Oceania
Area:
total area:
10 sq km
land area:
10 sq km
comparative area:
about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
101 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Terrain:
coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Natural resources:
negligible
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
100%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to
emigration to New Zealand
natural hazards:
lies in Pacific typhoon belt
international agreements:
NA
People
Population:
1,503 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
NA
15-64 years:
NA
65 years and over:
NA
Population growth rate:
-1.3% (1995 est.)
Birth rate:
NA births/1,000 population
Death rate:
NA deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate:
NA deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years
Total fertility rate:
NA children born/woman
Nationality:
noun:
Tokelauan(s)
adjective:
Tokelauan
Ethnic divisions:
Polynesian
Religions:
Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
note:
on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all
Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational
Christian Church predominant
Languages:
Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Labor force:
NA
Government
Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Tokelau
Digraph:
TL
Type:
territory of New Zealand
Capital:
none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Administrative divisions:
none (territory of New Zealand)
Independence:
none (territory of New Zealand)
National holiday:
Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi established British
sovereignty over New Zealand)
Constitution:
administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
Legal system:
British and local statutes
Suffrage:
NA
Executive branch:
Chief of State:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Head of Government:
Administrator Graham ANSELL (since NA 1990; appointed by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs in New Zealand); Official Secretary Casimilo J. PEREZ (since
NA), Office of Tokelau Affairs; Tokelau's governing Council will elect its
first head of government
Legislative branch:
unicameral Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll
Judicial branch:
High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand
Political parties and leaders:
NA
Member of:
SPC, WHO (associate)
Diplomatic representation in US:
none (territory of New Zealand)
US diplomatic representation:
none (territory of New Zealand)
Flag:
the flag of New Zealand is used
Economy
Overview:
Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain
economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The
people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual
aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue
come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts.
Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
National product:
GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)
National product real growth rate:
NA%
National product per capita:
$1,000 (1993 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$430,830
expenditures:
$2.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)
Exports:
$98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)
commodities:
stamps, copra, handicrafts
partners:
NZ
Imports:
$323,400 (c.i.f., 1983)
commodities:
foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
partners:
NZ
External debt:
$0
Industrial production:
growth rate NA%
Electricity:
capacity:
200 kW
production:
300,000 kWh
consumption per capita:
180 kWh (1990)
Industries:
small-scale enterprises for copra production, wood work, plaited craft
goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Agriculture:
coconuts, copra; basic subsistence crops - breadfruit, papaya, bananas;
pigs, poultry, goats
Economic aid:
recipient:
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $24
million
Currency:
1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Economy
Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.5601 (January 1995), 1.6844 (1994),
1.8495 (1993), 1.8584 (1992), l.7265 (1991), 1.6750 (1990)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Transportation
Railroads:
0 km
Highways:
total:
NA
paved:
NA
unpaved:
NA
Ports:
none; offshore anchorage only
Merchant marine:
none
Airports:
none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa
Communications
Telephone system:
NA telephones
local:
NA
intercity:
radiotelephone service between islands
international:
radiotelephone service to Western Samoa
Radio:
broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
radios:
NA
Television:
broadcast stations:
NA
televisions:
NA
Defense Forces
Note:
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
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