Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Climate: tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October)
_#_Terrain: narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior
_#_Natural resources: hardwood forests, fish
_#_Land use: arable land 19%; permanent crops 24%; meadows and pastures NEGL%; forest and woodland 47%; other 10%
_#_Environment: subject to occasional typhoons; active volcanism
_#_Note: located 4,300 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
_*People #_Population: 190,346 (July 1991), growth rate 2.3% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1991)