SERIAL · 184Insular Oceania
Cook Islands
CapitalAvarua
CurrencyNZD · Cook Islands dollar
LanguageEnglish, Cook Islands Maori
Since1965
ISOCOK · CK
Population
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Watermark portrait: Jim Marurai
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in the South Pacific Ocean
The Cook Islands is an island country and associated state of New Zealand in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. The country consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately 236.7 square kilometres (91 sq mi). The Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers 1,960,027 square kilometres (756,771 sq mi) of ocean. The capital is Avarua, located on the island of Rarotonga.
Text: Wikipedia — Cook IslandsCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-29
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Avarua
- Currency
- Cook Islands dollar (NZD)
- Official language
- English, Cook Islands Maori
- Drives on the
- Left
- Calling code
- +682
- Top-level domain
- .ck
- Independence / founding
- 04 Aug 1965
- Highest point
- Te Manga (652 m)
- Anthem
- Te Atua Mou E
The World Bank does not publish figures for Cook Islands, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.
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— TRADE —
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— EXTRAS —
Anthem
Te Atua Mou EAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Avarua · approx. UTC-11
Neighbours
Cook Islands has no land borders
Landmarks
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People
Jim Marurai8th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1947–2020)
Henry Puna10th Secretary General of Pacific Islands Forum, former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Mark BrownPrime Minister of the Cook Islands (2020-present)
Tom MarstersNew Zealand politician
Pa Tepaeru Terito Arikihigh Chiefess of Takitumu
Kauraka KaurakaCook Islands writer
Jacqueline EvansMarine conservationist
Campbell Bestfootballer
Tony Jamiesonfootballer
Chris BrownCook Islands cricketer
Sam PeraCook Islands weightlifter
Erin TierneyCook Islands sprint athlete (* 1970)
History
04 Aug 1965Cook Islands — founding / independence (Wikidata)
Size, side by side
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1960 → now
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