Mangaia
Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means "terraced island") is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of , from Rarotonga. Originally heavily populated, Mangaia's population has dropped by 75% in the last 50 years, mainly due to the decline of the pineapple industry in the 1980s and a subsequent economic crisis in 1996.
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- NASA picture of Mangaia Island
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- Map of Mangaia Island
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- 51.8
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- Central-Southern Pacific Ocean
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- 499 (2016)
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- Pacific Ocean
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Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means "terraced island") is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of , from Rarotonga. Originally heavily populated, Mangaia's population has dropped by 75% in the last 50 years, mainly due to the decline of the pineapple industry in the 1980s and a subsequent economic crisis in 1996.
==Geography== Originally known as ''A'ua'u ("terraced") or A'ua'u Enua ("terraced island"), it was named Mangaia (or Mangaianui-Neneva, "Mangaia monstrously-great") by Tamaeu, who came here from Aitutaki in 1775.