Avarua

Short description: Capital of the Cook Islands

Avarua

Town

Ara Maire Nui, the main street in Avarua

Location of Avarua (star)

Districts and tapere of Rarotonga

Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] : 21°12′25″S 159°46′15″W﻿ / ﻿21.20694°S 159.77083°W﻿ / -21.20694; -159.77083
Country| Cook Islands
Island| Rarotonga
Area

• Total| 28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Population

(2016)

• Total| 4,906
Time zone| UTC-10:00 (CKT)
Area code(s)| +682
Climate| Af

Avarua (meaning "Two Harbours" in Cook Islands Māori) is a town and district in the north of the island of Rarotonga, and is the national capital of the Cook Islands.

The town is served by Rarotonga International Airport (IATA Airport Code: RAR) and Avatiu Harbour.

The population of Avarua District is 4,906 (census of 2016).[1]

## Contents

* 1 Sub-districts
* 2 Climate
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Sub-districts

CICC church

Main street of Avarua looking towards the Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) building (director is Vaine Nooana-Arioka)

The district of Avarua is subdivided into 19 tapere (traditional sub-districts) out of 54 for Rarotonga,[2] grouped into 6 Census Districts, listed from west to east. Census figures are not available on the tapere level, but only for the so-called Census Districts,[3] also listed from west to east:[4]

1. Nikao-Panama (1,373 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
1. Pokoinu,
2. Nikao (seat of Cook Islands parliament), and
3. Puapuautu;
2. Avatiu-Ruatonga (951 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
1. Areanu,
2. Kaikaveka,
3. Atupa,
4. Avatiu (commercial port), and
5. Ruatonga;
3. Tutakimoa-Teotue (314 inhabitants), covering the tapere of:
1. Tutakimoa;
4. Takuvaine-Parekura (786 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
1. Tauae
2. Takuvaine (downtown Avarua, seat of Cook Islands government, with Avarua fishing harbour)
5. Tupapa-Maraerenga (531 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
1. Ngatipa, and
2. Vaikai;
6. Pue-Matavera (1,490 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
1. Tapae-I-Uta,
2. Tapae
3. Pue,
4. Punamaia,
5. Kiikii, and
6. Tupapa.

## Climate

Avarua has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) according to the Köppen climate classification with high temperatures and rainfall throughout the year.[5] Although there are no true wet or dry seasons, there is a noticeably wetter stretch from December to April.

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## References

1. ↑ Hassall, Graham; Tipu, Feue (28 April 2008). "Local Government in the South Pacific Islands". Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance (1): 7–29. doi:10.5130/cjlg.v1i0.766. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/766. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
2. ↑ "Official Map of Rarotonga". Cook Islands Ministry of justice. http://www.justice.gov.ck/index.php/maps/official-map-of-rarotonga.
3. ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.stats.gov.ck/Statistics/CensusSurveys/census06/Cen06-Tab6.pdf.
4. ↑ P.H. Curson: "Population Change in the Cook Islands – The 1966 Population Census". In: New Zealand Geographer, Vol. 28, 1972, pp. 51–65, map p.52
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Climate Avarua, Climate-Data.org

## External links

* Photo of Government Radio Station Rarotonga c1950

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