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<text>
<title>
Niue (NZ): Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Niue
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Oceania, 460 km east of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 260 km2</l>
<l> land area: 260 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 64 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
</p>
<p>Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish, arable land
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 61%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 4%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 4%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 19%</l>
<l> other: 12%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to typhoons
</p>
<p>Note: one of world's largest coral islands
</p></body></article></text>