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Population: 1,384 (3 atolls: from west to east Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo - each about 40 miles apart)
Overseas Tokelauans: 40
Languages: English (official); Tokelauan - there are dialect differences from atoll to atoll; most Bibles are in Samoan
Currently a territory of New Zealand - about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii
300 land line telephones (government regulated company called TeleTok)
12 cellular phones (technically, radiotelephones; issued so government officials can contact Samoa)
800 internet users
 
 
very seismically active area with volcanoes, typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis

 

 

 

 

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