🌴 Fakaofo

New Zealand · Oceania · 9.38°S, 171.22°W

Fakaofo, formerly known as Bowditch Island, is a South Pacific Ocean atoll located in the Tokelau Group. The actual land area is only about 3 km2, consisting of islets on a coral reef surrounding a central lagoon of some 45 km2. According to the 2006 census 483 people officially live on Fakaofo. Of those present 70% belong to the Congregational Church and 22% to the Catholic Church.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	9.38°S, 171.22°W · view on map

Fakaofo is located in New Zealand, in Oceania.

More archipelagos in New Zealand

Antipodes Islands · Bounty Islands · Campbell Islands · Hen and Chicken Islands · Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands · Mokohinau Islands · New Zealand Subantarctic Islands · Poor Knights Islands · Snares Islands · Tata Islands.

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