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Nukunonu
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Nukunonu, formerly known as Duke of Clarence Island, is the largest atoll within Tokelau, a dependency of New Zealand in the south Pacific Ocean. It comprises 30 islets surrounding a central lagoon, with about of land area and a lagoon surface area of . Motuhaga is the only islet that has inhabitants. It has an estimated population of 531.
Key facts
- Islands.archipelago
- Tokelau
- Islands.name
- Nukunonu
- Islands.image
- File:Nukunonu.jpg
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Tokelau#Oceania#Pacific Ocean
- Islands.image_caption
- Satellite image of Nukunonu
- Islands.total_islands
- 30
- Islands.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Nukunonu Atoll
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Nokunonu Village
- Islands.area_km2
- 5.5
- Islands.population
- 531
- Islands.country
- New Zealand
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Dependent territory
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Tokelau
- Islands.country_leader_title
- (leader)
- Islands.country_leader_name
- Alapati Tavite
- Islands.country1_leader_title
- (mayor)
- Islands.country1_leader_name
- Petelo Patelesio
- Islands.languages
- Tokelauan, English
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Nukunonu, formerly known as Duke of Clarence Island, is the largest atoll within Tokelau, a dependency of New Zealand in the south Pacific Ocean. It comprises 30 islets surrounding a central lagoon, with about of land area and a lagoon surface area of . Motuhaga is the only islet that has inhabitants. It has an estimated population of 531.
==History== left|thumb|An arch straddling the main street supports the nave of the Nukunonu Church, a Catholic Church The first European vessel known to have come upon Nukunonu was the Royal Navy ship , in 1791, whose captain, Edward Edwards, named Duke of Clarence Island in honour of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (1765-1837), the third son of King George III and later king himself, as William IV. At the time, the Pandora was searching for mutineers from . During the early 19th century, Nukunonu's inhabitants were converted to Roman Catholicism by Samoan missionaries.
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