| Country name |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Niue
former: Savage Island |
| Gevernment type | self-governing parliamentary democracy |
| Capital |
name: Alofi
geographic coordinates: 19 01 S, 169 55 W
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Flag description | yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross |
| Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Internet country code | .nu |
| Ports and terminals | none; offshore anchorage only |
| Agriculture products | coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle |
| Industries | tourism, handicrafts, food processing |
| Population | 2,166 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3% (2001 census) |
| Religions | Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 61.1%, Latter-Day Saints 8.8%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.4%, unspecified 8.7%, none 1.9% (2001 census) |
| Languages | Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English |
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