Nationality:
noun: Niuean(s)
adjective: Niuean
Ethnic groups:
Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans)
Religions:
Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related
to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other
15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day
Adventist)
Languages:
Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan;
English
Literacy: definition: NA total population: 95% male: NA% female: NA%
Government Niue
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Niue former: Savage Island
Dependency status:
self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974;
Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains
responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these
responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised
at the request of the Government of Niue
Government type:
self-governing parliamentary democracy
Capital:
Alofi