List of villages in Niue

Villages of Niue

Administrative village boundaries

Niue is subdivided into 14 villages (municipalities). The capital, Alofi, consists of Alofi North and Alofi South. Each village has a village council that elects its chairman. The villages are at the same time electoral districts. Each village sends an assemblyman to the Parliament of Niue.^[1]

The table lists the villages with population and area. These are the administrative subdivisions of Niue. Some of them include smaller settlements and hamlets.

The villages Alofi North and Alofi South together serve as the capital of Niue, Alofi (pop. 614). In the following table, the villages are listed in clockwise sequence.

No.	Village	Population (Census 2001)	Area^[2] km²	Pop. Density (km⁻²)
Motu (historical tribal area in the north)
1	Makefu	87	17.13	5.1
2	Tuapa	129	12.54	10.3
3	Namukulu	14	1.48	9.5
4	Hikutavake	65	10.17	6.4
5	Toi	31	4.77	6.5
6	Mutalau	133	26.31	5.1
7	Lakepa	88	21.58	4.1
8	Liku	73	41.64	1.8
Tafiti (historical tribal area in the south)
9	Hakupu	227	48.04	4.7
10	Vaiea	62	5.40	11.5
11	Avatele	150	13.99	8.9
12	Tamakautoga	140	11.93	11.7
13	Alofi South	358	46.48	13.2
14	Alofi North	256	46.48	13.2
	Niue	1788	261.46	6.8

References

↑ http://www.paclii.org/nu/legis/num_act/nivco1967321/ Niue Village Councils Ordinance 1967
↑ http://www.spc.int/prism/country/NU/stats/Nu_Environment/NU_Land/Land.htm The Total Land Area of Niue

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