Alofi (Niue)

Alofi
State :	Niue
Tribal area:	Tafiti (south)
Village :	Alofi North Alofi South
Street in Alofi
Basic data
Residents :	597 (2017)
Area :	46.48 km²
Population density :	12.8 inhabitants / km²
Height :	20  m
Others
Representatives in Parliament:	Vaiga Tukuitoga (Alofi North) Dalton Tagelagi (Alofi South)
Geographical location
Coordinates :	19 ° 3 ′  S , 169 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 3 ′  S , 169 ° 55 ′  W
Location of Alofi on Niue: Alofi

Alofi is the capital of the Pacific state Niue . Alofi has (as of 2017) 597 inhabitants. The place consists of the two administrative units ( Villages ) Alofi North (170 inhabitants) and Alofi South, where the government buildings are (427 inhabitants).

Alofi is located on the west coast of Niue in the center of Alofi Bay . Before Alofi is the only gap in the coral reef that surrounds the entire island. Boats pass through this gap in a fairway marked by two leading lights . There is no walled harbor there.

The Hanan International Airport in Alofi is the international airport of Niue.

Cyclone in 2004

On January 6, 2004, cyclone Heta swept over the island and destroyed numerous Alofi buildings, including the hospital, the Niue Hotel, the museum and cultural center, the courthouse and shops for divers. Hundreds of residents were left homeless. A 24-year-old nurse died trying to protect her two-year-old child.

The rebuilding program for the island was set to run for five years. The estimated costs amounted to 23 million US dollars . It was hoped for help from New Zealand and Australia and the European Union. The Niue government decided that the destroyed shops in Alofi, the hospital and the Niue Hotel should be built on a higher plateau near Fonuakula.

climate

Alofi (Niue)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     177   29 24     182   29 24     184   29 24     158   29 23     106   27 22nd     66   26th 21st     76   26th 20th     69   26th 20th     78   26th 21st     106   27 22nd     156   28 23     146   29 23 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average Monthly Temperatures and Rainfall for Alofi (Niue) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29 29 29 29 27 26th 26th 26th 26th 27 28 29 O 27.6 Min. Temperature (° C) 24 24 24 23 22nd 21st 20th 20th 21st 22nd 23 23 O 22.2 Temperature (° C) 26.5 26.5 26.5 26th 24.5 23.5 23 23 23.5 24.5 25.5 26th O 24.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 177 182 184 158 106 66 76 69 78 106 156 146 Σ 1,504 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.6 5.7 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.5 5.3 5.9 6.7 5.7 5.4 5.3 O 5.4 Rainy days ( d ) 24 22nd 25th 23 21st 21st 19th 19th 19th 21st 21st 24 Σ 259 Source:

Personalities

• Toke Talagi (born January 9, 1951 in Alofi; † July 15, 2020 there), politician and prime minister

gallery

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  House in Alofi

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  Church building in Alofi (1896)

Web links

• Niue Island Map September 2017. Road and tourism map of Niue and Alofi (PDF; 652 kB, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fanuma Sioneholo u. a .: Niue Household and Population Census 2017 . Ed .: Statistics and Immigration office. Government of Niue - Ministry of Finance and Planning, 2019, Chapter 1: Population structure - 1.2 Population composition, p. 5 , Table 1.3: Resident population and absentees by village, 2011 and 2017 (English, download link on niue.prism.spc.int [PDF; 3.0 MB ; accessed on May 16, 2020]).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Floor Anthoni: Cyclone Heta wreaks havoc on Niue Island. In: In-depth articles about our coasts and seas. seafriends.org.nz, 2004, accessed on October 16, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Niue recovery at $ 23 million, Alofi to be relocated. East-West Center report. In: ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), January 20, 2004, accessed on October 16, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Climate table on wetter24.de