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Fewer than 8,000

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Tokelau: People, atolls and history
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Native Speakers Worldwide

Fewer than 8,000

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Ethnic Population

7,700

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Tokelau; New Zealand

Coordinates

-9.383, -171.224; -9.189, -171.818; -8.57, -172.501; -36.865, 174.776

Location description

The Tokelau Islands are made up entirely of three coral atolls, Fakaofo, Nukunonu, and Atafu. The atolls are separated from each other by deep ocean and are all below the horizon to each other. Nukunonu is 60 Km from Fakaofo and Atafu is 90 Km beyond it. Fakaofo lies 450 Km north of Samoa; the other two atolls lie further to the Northwest.

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The Tokelau Islands are made up entirely of three coral atolls, Fakaofo, Nukunonu, and Atafu. The atolls are separated from each other by deep ocean and are all below the horizon to each other. Nukunonu is 60 Km from Fakaofo and Atafu is 90 Km beyond it. Fakaofo lies 450 Km north of Samoa; the other two atolls lie further to the Northwest.

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English

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Native Speakers Worldwide

4,500

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Year of info

2010

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Coordinates

-9.1699,-171.8206

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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,319

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1,410 in Tokelau (1987).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA; American Samoa; New Zealand; Tokelau;

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Year of info

2005

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-9.0,-172.0

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3,242

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