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List of villages in Niue

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Villages of Niue
Administrative village boundaries

Niue is subdivided into 14 villages (that is, municipalities). Each village has a village council that elects its chairman. The villages are at the same time electoral districts. Each village sends an assemblyman to the Parliament of Niue.[1]

List

The table lists the villages with population and area. These are the administrative subdivisions of Niue. Some of them include smaller settlements and hamlets.[citation needed]

The villages Alofi North and Alofi South together serve as the capital of Niue, Alofi (pop. 614). In the following table, the villages are listed in clockwise order.

No. Village Pop'n[2]
(2017
Census)
Pop'n
(2022
Census)
Area[3]
in
km2
Pop'n
Density
(per km2)
2022
Motu (historical tribal area in the north)
1 Makefu 70 83 17.13 4.8
2 Tuapa 112 91 12.54 7.3
3 Namukulu 11 8 1.48 5.4
4 Hikutavake 49 30 10.17 4.8
5 Toi 22 33 4.77 6.9
6 Mutalau 100 94 26.31 3.6
7 Lakepa 87 110 21.58 5.1
8 Liku 98 74 41.64 1.8
Tafiti (historical tribal area in the south)
9 Hakupu 220 197 48.04 4.1
10 Vaiea 115 86 5.40 15.9
11 Avatele 143 135 13.99 9.6
12 Tamakautoga 160 134 11.93 11.2
13 Alofi South 427 606 46.48 13.0
14 Alofi North 170
Niue 1,784 1,689 261.46 6.5

References

  1. ^ Niue Village Councils Ordinance 1967
  2. ^ "Niue Household and Population Census 2017" (PDF). niue.prism.spc.int. Niue Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ The Total Land Area of Niue