Place:Tokelau

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NameTokelau
Alt namesTokelau Islandssource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1217
Tokélaousource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) p 344
Union Islandssource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 652
TypeDependent state
Coordinates9°S 171.75°W
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean that consists of three tropical coral atolls with a combined land area of 10 km2 and a population of approximately 1,400. The atolls lie north of the Samoan Islands, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands (both island groups belonging to Kiribati) and northwest of the Cook Islands.

The United Nations General Assembly designated Tokelau a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Until 1976 the official name was Tokelau Islands. Tokelau is sometimes referred to by the older, colonial name of The Union Islands.

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