Flag Description

a yellow stylized Tokelauan canoe on a dark blue field sails toward the manu - the Southern Cross constellation of four, white, five-pointed stars at the hoist side; the Southern Cross represents the role of Christianity in Tokelauan culture and, in conjunction with the canoe, symbolizes the country navigating into the future; the color yellow indicates happiness and peace, and the blue field represents the ocean on which the community relies

Background:Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.

Total Area: 12 sq km

Land Area:12 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

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Coastline:101 km

Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:unnamed location 5 m

Population:1,337 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:-0.01% (2014 est.)

Religion:Congregational Christian Church 58.2%, Roman Catholic 36.6%, Presbyterian 1.8%, other Christian 2.8%, Spiritualism and New Age 0.1%, unspecified 0.5% (2011 est.)

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Independence Day:none (territory of New Zealand)

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

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