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Overview
- Capital:
- Avarua
- Area:
- 236.7 km²
- Population:
- 21,388 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- English (official), Maori.
- Religion(s):
- Cook Islands Christian Church - 55.9%, Roman Catholic - 16.8%, Seventh-Day Adventists - 7.9%, Church of Latter Day Saints - 3.8%, other Protestant - 5.8%, others - 8.8%, none - 3%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) - 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori - 5.8%, others - 6.5%.