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Introduction - Niue: | Location - Niue: | 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, Law of the Sea
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | one of worlds largest coral islands | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |