none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages each with its own village council whose members are elected and serve three-year terms.
Population:
2,124 (July 2001 est.)
Currency:
New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Languages:
Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English
Elevation:
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by critically needed grants from New Zealand that are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry.
Industry:
tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Ethnicgroups:
Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans)
Yellow fever:
A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from travellers over 1 year of age coming from infected areas.
