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=Cook Islands= From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: [|navigation], [|search] For individual islands named "Cook Island", see [|Cook Island (disambiguation)]. //Kūki 'Āirani// || //God is Truth// || (and largest city) || [|Avarua] [|21°12′S] [|159°46′W] || [|Cook Islands Māori] || [|Cook Islands Māori] [|Pukapukan] [|Rakahanga-Manihiki] || 91 sq mi || 197/sq mi || The **Cook Islands** (   [|/][|ˈ][|k][|ʊ][|k][|ˈ][|aɪ][|l][|ən][|d][|z][|/] ; [|Cook Islands Māori]: //Kūki 'Āirani//[|[][|3][|]]) is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the [|South Pacific Ocean] in [|free association] with [|New Zealand]. It is composed of 15 small islands whose total land area is 240 square kilometres (92.7 sq mi). The Cook Islands' [|Exclusive Economic Zone] (EEZ), however, covers 1,800,000 square kilometres (690,000 sq mi) of ocean.[|[][|4][|]] The main population centres are on the island of [|Rarotonga] (14,153 in 2006), where there is an international airport. There is a much larger population of Cook Islanders in New Zealand, particularly the [|North Island]. In the 2006 [|census], 58,008 self-identified as being of ethnic [|Cook Island Māori] descent.[|[][|5][|]] With about 100,000 visitors travelling to the islands in the 2010-11 financial year,[|[][|6][|]] [|tourism] is the country's main industry, and the leading element of the [|economy], far ahead of offshore banking, pearls, and marine and fruit exports. Defence and foreign affairs are the responsibility of [|New Zealand], in consultation with the Cook Islands. In recent times, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly independent foreign policy. Although [|Cook Islanders] are [|citizens of New Zealand], they have the status of [|Cook Islands nationals], which is not given to other New Zealand citizens.
 * ~ Cook Islands
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png width="125" height="63" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Coat_of_arms_of_cook_islands.gif/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_cook_islands.gif width="85" height="99" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_cook_islands.gif"]] ||
 * [|Flag] || [|Coat of arms] || ||
 * = **Anthem:** //[|Te Atua Mou E]//
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Cook_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Polynesia_centered%29.svg/250px-Cook_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Polynesia_centered%29.svg.png width="250" height="250" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cook_Islands_on_the_globe_%28Polynesia_centered%29.svg"]] ||
 * **Capital**
 * ~ Official language(s) || [|English]
 * ~ Spoken languages || [|English]
 * **Ethnic groups** || 87.7% [|Māori], 5.8% part Māori, 6.5% other [|[][|1][|]] ||
 * ~ [|Demonym] || Cook Islander ||
 * ~ [|Government] || [|Constitutional monarchy] ||
 * - || [|Monarch] || [|Elizabeth II] ||
 * - || [|Queen's Representative] || Sir [|Frederick Tutu Goodwin] ||
 * - || [|Prime Minister] || [|Henry Puna] ||
 * ~ Legislature || [|Parliament] ||
 * ~ [|Associated state] ||
 * - || Self-government in [|free association] with [|New Zealand] || 4 August 1965 ||
 * - || Independence in foreign relations recognized by the [|UN][|[][|2][|]] || 1992 ||
 * ~ [|Area] ||
 * - || Total || 240 km2 ([|210th])
 * ~ [|Population] ||
 * - || 2006 census || 19,569 ([|213th]) ||
 * - || Density || 76/km2 ([|124th])
 * **[|GDP]** ([|PPP]) || 2005 estimate ||
 * - || Total || $183.2 million ([| not ranked]) ||
 * - || Per capita || $9,100 ([| not ranked]) ||
 * ~ Currency || [|New Zealand dollar] ([|NZD]), [|Cook Islands dollar] ||
 * ~ Time zone || ([|UTC]-10) ||
 * ~ Drives on the || left ||
 * ~ [|Internet TLD] || [|.ck] ||
 * ~ [|Calling code] || 682 ||