Fakaofo: Both religions, with the Congretional Christian Church predominating.
Languages spoken
Tokelaui, a Polynesian language, and English.
Capital
Tokelau does not have a capital, only smaller villages on the islands.
Tokelau: geography
Tokelau covers a land area of only around 12 km². Check topmbadirectory for politics, flags, famous people, animals and plants of Tokelau. It consists of the following three atolls:
Nukunonu, with an area of 4.7 km².
Fakaofo, with an area of 4 km².
Afatu, with an area of 3.5 km².
Tokelau also includes the following lagoons:
Nukunonu Lagoon, with an area of 98 km²
Fakaofo lagoon, with an area of 50 km²
Afatu Lagoon, with an area of 17 km²
National borders
The islands have no borders with other states
Coastline
Tokelau has a coastline with a length of 101 km.
Tidal range
The tidal range, i.e. the difference between high and low water, is up to 4 m here.
Longitude and latitude
Tokelau is roughly at the following latitude (abbreviation φ) and longitude (abbreviation λ):
φ = approximately from 08 ° 30` to 09 ° 30` southern latitude λ = approximately from 171 ° to 172 ° 30` western longitude
You can find detailed information on this subject under Longitude and Latitude.
Legal time
For Tokelau, the following value applies to Central European Time (CET), i.e. the time without summer time. A minus sign means that it is earlier there, a plus sign that it is later than CET:
Δt (CET) = -12 h
Further and detailed explanations of the time can be found under Time zones, time.
The highest point of the sun on Nukunonu
Nukunonu lies at a southern latitude of around φ = 09 °, i.e. in the middle of the tropics.
If the sun or its pixel is exactly above the island, i.e. at 09 ° S, the sun is exactly perpendicular there. This happens exactly twice a year, roughly 35 days before March 21 and 35 days after September 21.
Attention
If the image point of the sun and thus the declination is north of the latitude of Nukunonu, the sun is not in the south at noon, as in our latitudes, but in the north. In this case, the sun moves from east to north to west, where, like us, it sets.
Surveys
The highest point in the country is only 5 meters high.
Pacific
Tokelau borders the Pacific Ocean with a total coastline of 2,530 km – to be more precise, Tokelau is located in the South Pacific, the so-called South Sea. This region of the Pacific Ocean includes the Polynesian Islands as well as parts of Melanesia and Micronesia.
