List of villages in Niue

Niue is subdivided into 14 villages (that is, municipalities). Each village has a village council that elects its chairman. The villages are at the same time electoral districts. Each village sends an assemblyman to the Parliament of Niue.[1]

Villages of Niue
Administrative village boundaries

List

The table lists the villages with population and area. These are the administrative subdivisions of Niue. Some of them include smaller settlements and hamlets.

The villages Alofi North and Alofi South together serve as the capital of Niue, Alofi (pop. 614). In the following table, the villages are listed in clockwise sequence.

No.VillagePop'n[2]
(2017
Census)
Pop'n
(2022
Census)
Area[3]
in
km2
Pop'n
Density
(per km2)
2022
Motu (historical tribal area in the north)
1Makefu708317.134.8
2Tuapa1129112.547.3
3Namukulu1181.485.4
4Hikutavake493010.174.8
5Toi22334.776.9
6Mutalau1009426.313.6
7Lakepa8711021.585.1
8Liku987441.641.8
Tafiti (historical tribal area in the south)
9Hakupu22019748.044.1
10Vaiea115865.4015.9
11Avatele14313513.999.6
12Tamakautoga16013411.9311.2
13Alofi South42760646.4813.0
14Alofi North170
Niue1,7841,689261.466.5

References

  1. Niue Village Councils Ordinance 1967
  2. "Niue Household and Population Census 2017" (PDF). niue.prism.spc.int. Niue Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. The Total Land Area of Niue


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