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Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral atolls:Atafu,Nukunonu,and Fakaofo. They have a combined land area of 10 km2 (4 sq mi). The capital rotates yearly among the three atolls. In addition to these three,Swains Island,which forms part of the same archipelago,is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute;it is currently administered by the United States as part of American Samoa. Tokelau lies north of the Samoan Islands,east of Tuvalu,south of the Phoenix Islands,southwest of the more distant Line Islands,and northwest of the Cook Islands.
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Atafu,formerly known as the Duke of York Group,is a group of 52 coral islets within Tokelau in the south Pacific Ocean,500 kilometres north of Samoa. With a land area of 2.5 square kilometres,it is the smallest of the three islands that constitute Tokelau. It is an atoll and surrounds a central lagoon,which covers some 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi). The atoll lies 800 kilometres south of the equator at 8°35' South,172°30' West.
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Swains Island is a remote coral atoll in the Tokelau Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The island is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute between Tokelau and the United States,which has administered it as part of American Samoa since 1925. Privately owned by the family of Eli Hutchinson Jennings since 1856,Swains Island was used as a copra plantation until 1967. It has not been permanently inhabited since 2008 but has often been visited by members of the Jennings family,scientific researchers,and amateur radio operators.
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tokelau:
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A fatupaepae is a matriarchal senior figure in the culture of Tokelau. Fatupaepae groups are village-level women's organizations in Tokelau,with one such group in each atoll of the island territory:Atafu,Nukunonu,and Fakafo.
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- ↑ Islands Business. Islands Business International. 2004. p. 25.
- ↑ Pacific Magazine. PacificBasin Communications. 2005.
