| LC control no. | n 92105545 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Tokelau |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Tokelau |
| Variant(s) | Government of Tokelau Tokelau Government |
| See also | Tokelau Islands |
| Beginning date | 1976-12 |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Found in | Matagi Tokelau, 1991: introd. (Tokelau; Tokelau Islands are now called Tokelau) New Zealand. Min. of For. Affairs. Tokelau, 1977: p. 1 (Tokelau Islands took the official name of Tokelau in Dec. 1976) Statesman's year-book, 1991-1992: p. 931 (under New Zealand, Territories Overseas: Tokelau is within the jurisdiction of New Zealand; in Dec. 1976, the territory was officially renamed Tokelau) Phone call to BGN, 10/20/92 (Tokelau is a dependent political entity; Tokelau Islands, an island group, make up Tokelau. Both Tokelau and Tokelau Islands have the same coordinates: 9°S 171°45ʹW) Wikipedia, August 25, 2015 (Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean that consists of three tropical coral atolls (from the northwest, Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo, as well as Swains Island which is governed as part of American Samoa) with a combined land area of 10 km² (4 sq mi). Its capital rotates yearly between the three atolls. Tokelau lies north of the Samoan Islands, Swains Island being the nearest, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands, and northwest of the Cook Islands. The United Nations General Assembly designates Tokelau a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Until 1976, the official name was Tokelau Islands; sometimes referred to by its older colonial name, the Union Islands; 09°10ʹS 171°50ʹW) The world factbook, via WWW, August 25, 2015 (Tokelau; self-administering territory of New Zealand; Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN-sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status; capital: none; each atoll has its own administrative center; 9 00 S, 172 00 W) Government of Tokelau website, August 27, 2015: home page (Government of Tokelau; Tokelau Government; Tokelau) about us (Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory of New Zealand. Tokelau wishes to move toward greater self-governance and is supported in this by the Government of New Zealand and the UN Special Committee on Decolonization) <http://www.tokelau.org.nz/> |
| Geographic area code | potl--- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 88000726 |
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