Niue

Broader Places
Oceania (199481), New Zealand (164578)

Narrower Places
Alofi (Niue) (4), Avatele (Niue) (2), Lakepa (Niue) (1)

Place Type  dependent state
Other Place Types
primary political unit, island, annex

Alternative Terms
Nioué; NIU; NU; ISO570; ME00; Savage Island

Latitude  -19.033
Longitude  -169.867

Coral island; internally self-governing, but New Zealand controls defense & foreign affairs; charted in 1774 by Cook, who named it Savage Island because he received an unfriendly reception from native Polynesians; was part of Cook Islands until 1922; official language is English, though a Polynesian dialect is also widely spoken.

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