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==== General Information ==== | ==== General Information ==== | ||
[[Image:Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Te Manga, Rarotonga's highest peak as seen from the south coast.]] The population is about 18,000. Another 37,000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. The people are ethnically related to the ''Maori of New Zealand, the Maori of Easter Island, and the Kanaka Maoli of Hawaii.'' | [[Image:Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Te Manga, Rarotonga's highest peak as seen from the south coast.]] The population of the [[Portal:Cook Islands|Cook Islands]] is about 18,000. Another 37,000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. The people are ethnically related to the ''Maori of New Zealand, the Maori of Easter Island, and the Kanaka Maoli of Hawaii.'' | ||
''Maori, English and Pukapukan ''are spoken. Dialects are: ''Rakahanga Manihiki, Panrhyn, Mangala, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, and Atiu Mauke Mitiaro. Pukapukan is spoken in Pukapuka and Anassau.'' | ''Maori, English and Pukapukan ''are spoken. Dialects are: ''Rakahanga Manihiki, Panrhyn, Mangala, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, and Atiu Mauke Mitiaro. Pukapukan is spoken in Pukapuka and Anassau.'' | ||
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The island’s name stems from''raro,'' meaning ''“down,” ''and ''tonga,'' meaning “''south.” ''In 1997,''Japanese ''archaeologists unearthed a previously unknown ''marae'' (sacred site) on ''Motu Tapu'', an islet in the lagoon at ''Nagatangila.'' This is estimated to be 1500 years old (abt. 500 A.D.). | The island’s name stems from''raro,'' meaning ''“down,” ''and ''tonga,'' meaning “''south.” ''In 1997,''Japanese ''archaeologists unearthed a previously unknown ''marae'' (sacred site) on ''Motu Tapu'', an islet in the lagoon at ''Nagatangila.'' This is estimated to be 1500 years old (abt. 500 A.D.). | ||
Christianity is the dominant religion, brought by the ''London Missionary Society''. LDS Church membership in 2002 in the ''Cook Islands, ''including Rarotonga, was 1,236. | Christianity is the dominant religion, brought by the ''London Missionary Society''. LDS Church membership in 2002 in the ''Cook Islands, ''including Rarotonga, was 1,236. | ||
=== Historical background === | === Historical background === | ||