Cook Islands

Broader Places
Oceania (199475), New Zealand (164576)

Narrower Places
Southern Cook Islands (Cook Islands) (450), Northern Cook Islands (Cook Islands) (83)

Place Type  dependent state
Other Place Types
primary political unit, inhabited region, , annex, protectorate

Alternative Terms
Cooks Islands; Islas Cook; Cook, Ilhas; Cook-Inseln; Cook, Îles; COK; CK; ISO184; CW00; Hervey Islands; Cook Islander

Latitude  -20.000
Longitude  -158.000

Widely scattered islands in Pacific, 2000 miles NE of New Zealand; settled by Polynesians 150 BC-1000 AD; charted by Spanish 1595; visited by British Captain Cook, for whom they are named, 1773; gained self-government in association with New Zealand 1965; official language is English, though local Polynesian languages are also widely spoken.

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