Tokelau
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesCountry name - conventional long form : none
Country name - conventional short form : Tokelau
Government type : NA
Capital - time difference : UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
National holiday : Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Population : 1,433 (July 2008 est.)
Nationality - noun : Tokelauan(s)
Nationality - adjective : Tokelauan
Languages : Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Currency (code) : New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Currency code : NZD
Tokelau is located Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. The climate is tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November). The terrain is low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons.
Background
This entry usually highlights major historic events and current issues and may include a statement about one or two key future trends.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.
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