Cook Islands
Cook Islands Kūki 'Āirani | |
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| Status | Aurie o the Realm o New Zealand an Associatit State |
| Caipital and largest city | Avarua 21°12′S 159°46′W / 21.200°S 159.767°W |
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| Demonym(s) | Cook Islander |
| Govrenment | Constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Tom Marsters | |
| Henry Puna | |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Associated state | |
• Self-govrenment in free association wi New Zealand | 4 August 1965 |
• UN recogneetion o unthirldom in foreign relations | 1992[2] |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 240 km2 (93 sq mi) (210t) |
| Population | |
• 2011[3] census | 14,974 |
• Density | 42/km2 (108.8/sq mi) (124t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate |
• Total | $183.2 million (nae ranked) |
• Per capita | $9,100 (nae ranked) |
| Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD)Cook Islands dollar |
| Time zone | UTC-10 (CKT) |
| Drivin side | left |
| Cawin code | 682 |
| ISO 3166 code | CK |
| Internet TLD | .ck |
The Cook Islands (
i/ˈkʊk ˈaɪləndz/; Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani[4]) is an island kintra in the Sooth Paceefic Ocean in free association wi New Zealand.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Cook Islands Archived 2016-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. CIA World Fact Book
- ↑ UN THE WORLD TODAY (PDF) and Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs Supplement No. 8; page 10
- ↑ "Cook Islands 2011 census". Archived frae the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 22 Mairch 2015.
- ↑ Cook Islands Maori dictionary by Jasper Buse & Raututi Taringa, Cook Islands Ministry of Education (1995) page 200