Aitutaki
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Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the lagoon has an area of between . A major tourist destination, Aitutaki is the second most visited island of the Cook Islands archipelago.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Aitutaki
- Islands.image_name
- AST-01-039 Aituctaki Atoll.jpg
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.image_caption
- Aitutaki Atoll in 1975
- Islands.image_map
- Aitutaki in Cook Islands.svg
- Islands.image_map_caption
- Aitutaki highlighted in red in the Cook Island
- Islands.location
- Central-Southern Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Cook Islands
- Islands.total_islands
- 15
- Islands.area_km2
- 18.3
- Islands.country
- Cook Islands
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Arutanga
- Islands.population
- 1,782
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2021
- Islands.density_km2
- 97
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 18.05
- Elevation
- 58
- Image
- ISS021-E-17726 - View of Aitutaki, Cook Islands.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1789-04-11
- Commons category
- Aitutaki
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Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the lagoon has an area of between . A major tourist destination, Aitutaki is the second most visited island of the Cook Islands archipelago.
Aitutaki had a population of 1,782 in 2021. The main village is Arutanga (Arutunga) on the west side.
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