Country Cook Islands Time zone CKT (UTC−10:00) Climate Af Local time Thursday 11:22 PM | Island Rarotonga Area code(s) +682 Population 5,445 (2006) | |
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Cities of the cook islands avarua
Avarua (meaning "Two Harbours" in Cook Islands Māori) is a town and district in the north of the island of Rarotonga, and is the national capital of the Cook Islands.
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Map of Avarua District, Cook Islands
The town is served by Rarotonga International Airport (IATA Airport Code: RAR) and Avatiu Harbour.
The population of Avarua District is 5,445 (census of 2006).
Districts
Avarua is subdivided into 18 tapere out of 54 for Rarotonga, listed from west to east:
- Pokoinu
- Nikao (seat of Cook Islands parliament)
- Puapuautu
- Areanu
- Kaikaveka
- Atupa
- Avatiu (commercial port)
- Ruatonga
- Tutakimoa
- Tauae (inward from Tutakimoa, the only Tapere without a coastline)
- Takuvaine (downtown Avarua, seat of Cook Islands government, with Avarua fishing harbour)
- Ngatipa
- Vaikai
- Tapae-I-Uta
- Pue
- Punamaia
- Kiikii
- Tupapa
Census figures are not available on the tapere level, but only for the so-called Census Districts, also listed from west to east
- Nikao-Panama 1373 (the Taperes' of Pokoinu, Nikao, Puapuautu)
- Avatiu-Ruatonga 951 (the Taperes' of Areanu, Kaikaveka, Atupa, Avatiu, Ruatonga)
- Tutakimoa-Teotue 314 (the Taperes' of Tutakimoa)
- Takuvaine-Parekura 786 (the Taperes' of Tauae, Takuvaine)
- Tupapa-Maraerenga 531 (the Taperes' of Ngatipa, Vaikai)
- Pue-Matavera 1490 (the Taperes' of Tapae-I-Uta, Pue, Punamaia, Kiikii, Tupapa)
References
Avarua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA