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Guide to Niue ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information
Niue is an island country in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. It was formerly ruled by Great Britain, France, and New Zealand. The official languages are Niuean and English.[1]
Niue Map
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Niue.
Villages
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Niue. Niue is divided into 14 villages:
| No. | Village | Population (Census 2001) |
Area[2] km² |
Pop. Density (km−2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motu (historical tribal area in the north) | ||||
| 1 | Makefu | 87 | 17.13 | 5.1 |
| 2 | Tuapa | 129 | 12.54 | 10.3 |
| 3 | Namukulu | 14 | 1.48 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Hikutavake | 65 | 10.17 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Toi | 31 | 4.77 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Mutalau | 133 | 26.31 | 5.1 |
| 7 | Lakepa | 88 | 21.58 | 4.1 |
| 8 | Liku | 73 | 41.64 | 1.8 |
| Tafiti (historical tribal area in the south) | ||||
| 9 | Hakupu | 227 | 48.04 | 4.7 |
| 10 | Vaiea | 62 | 5.40 | 11.5 |
| 11 | Avatele | 150 | 13.99 | 8.9 |
| 12 | Tamakautoga | 140 | 11.93 | 11.7 |
| 13 | Alofi South | 358 | 46.48 | 13.2 |
| 14 | Alofi North | 256 | ||
| Niue | 1788 | 261.46 | 6.8 | |
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Niue," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue, accessed 25 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.spc.int/prism/country/NU/stats/Nu_Environment/NU_Land/Land.htm The Total Land Area of Niue