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 star on a blue disk in the center and a smaller star on each arm of the bold red cross; the larger star stands for Niue, the smaller stars recall the Southern Cross constellation on the New Zealand flag and symbolize links with that country; yellow represents the bright sunshine of Niue and the warmth and friendship between Niue and New Zealand

Background:Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the adjacent Cook Islands, has caused it to be separately administered by New Zealand. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an estimated 1,229 in 2013) with substantial emigration to New Zealand 2,400 km to the southwest.

Total Area: 260 sq km

Land Area:260 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

Land Boundries Total:

Border Countries:

Coastline:64 km

Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:unnamed elevation near Mutalau settlement 68 m

Population:1,190 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:-0.03% (2014 est.)

Religion:Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian Church of Niue - a Protestant church founded by missionaries from the London Missionary Society) 67%, other Protestant 3% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 1%, Presbyterian 1%, and Methodist 1%), Mormon 10%, Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 6%, none 2% (2011 est.)

Literacy(%):0.95

Literacy(%) Male:NA

Literacy(%) Female:NA

Independence Day:19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand)

National Holiday:Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)

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