1986 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1986 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
main cash crops — coffee, cocoa, cotton; major food crops — yams, cassava, corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum, fish
Airfields
1 1 total, 1 1 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m
Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie
Civil air
no major transport aircraft
Coastline
Fakaofo, about 36 km; Nukunonu, about 45 km; Atafu, about 20km People
Electric power
47,900 kW capacity (1985); 83 million kWh produced (1985), 27 kWh per capita
Ethnic divisions
all Polynesian, with cultural ties to Western Samoa
Exports
$202 million (f.o.b., 1982); phosphates, cocoa, coffee, palm kernels
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
Fishing
catch 14,556 metric tons (1983)
GNP
$950 million (1982 est.), about $340 per capita; 3.2% real growth in 1982
Highways
7,562 km total; 1,505 km paved, 1,257 km improved earth, remainder unimproved earth
Imports
$390 million (f.o.b., 1982); consumer goods, fuels, machinery, tobacco, foodstuffs
Inland waterways
section of Mono River and about 50 km of coastal lagoons and tidal creeks
Language
Tokelauan (a Polynesian language) and English
Limits of territorial waters (claimed)
12 nm (200 nm exclusive economic zone)
Literacy
probably high Government
Major industries
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages
Major trade partners
mostly France and other EC countries Budget:(l982 proj.), revenues, $243.1 million; current expenditures, $219 million; development expenditures, $89 million
Military manpower
males 15-49, 681,000; 354,000 fit for military service; no conscription •• ••• .Ara/u South Pacific Ocean '.Nukunonu Set rrginnil mtp X Land about 10.1 km2; about one-fifteenth the size of Washington, D. C. ; consists of three atolls (Atafu — 2 km2, Nukunonu — 5.5 km2, and Fakaofo— 2.6 km2) Water
Monetary conversion rate
475 Communaute Financiere Af ricaine (CFA) francs= US$1 (1985)
Nationality
noun — Tokelauan(s); adjective— Tokelauan
Natural resources
phosphates, limestone, marble
Official name
Tokelau
Population
1,538 (July 1986), average annual growth rate —0.2%
Ports
1 major (Lome), 1 minor
Railroads
570 km 1.000-meter gauge, single track
Religion
70% Congregational Christian Church, 30% Roman Catholic — on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations
Telecommunications
fair system based on network of openwire lines supplemented by radiorelay routes; 12,000 telephones (0.4 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, no FM, 3 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station and 1 SYMPHONIE station Defense Forces