List of villages in Niue

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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]

Villages of Niue
Administrative village boundaries

List

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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[2]
(2022
Census)
Area[3]
in
km2
Pop'n
Density
(per km2)
2022
Motu (historical tribal area in the north)
1 Makefu 64 73 17.13 4.8
2 Tuapa 106 103 12.54 7.3
3 Namukulu 10 9 1.48 5.4
4 Hikutavake 45 39 10.17 4.8
5 Toi 17 32 4.77 6.9
6 Mutalau 98 77 26.31 3.6
7 Lakepa 91 95 21.58 5.1
8 Liku 88 74 41.64 1.8
Tafiti (historical tribal area in the south)
9 Hakupu 190 180 48.04 4.1
10 Vaiea 103 81 5.40 15.9
11 Avatele 139 128 13.99 9.6
12 Tamakautoga 198 180 11.93 11.2
13 Alofi South 413 423 46.48 13.0
14 Alofi North 157 187
Niue 1,719 1,681 261.46 6.5

References

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  1. ^ Niue Village Councils Ordinance 1967
  2. ^ a b "Niue Census of Population and Housing 2022". Niue Statistics Office. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. ^ The Total Land Area of Niue
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