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Capital of the Cook Islands
This article is about the town in the Cook Islands. For the genus of spiders, see
Avarua (spider) .
Town in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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]
Sub-districts [ edit ]
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] Census figures are not available on the tapere level, but only for the so-called Census Districts,[3] [4]
Nikao-Panama (1,373 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
Pokoinu,
Nikao (seat of Cook Islands parliament), and
Puapuautu;
Avatiu-Ruatonga (951 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
Areanu,
Kaikaveka,
Atupa,
Avatiu (commercial port), and
Ruatonga;
Tutakimoa-Teotue (314 inhabitants), covering the tapere of:
Tutakimoa;
Takuvaine-Parekura (786 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
Tauae
Takuvaine (downtown Avarua, seat of Cook Islands government, with Avarua fishing harbour)
Tupapa-Maraerenga (531 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
Ngatipa, and
Vaikai;
Pue-Matavera (1,490 inhabitants), covering the taperes of:
Tapae-I-Uta,
Tapae
Pue,
Punamaia,
Kiikii, and
Tupapa.
Climate [ edit ]
Avarua has a tropical rainforest climate (Af Köppen climate classification with high temperatures and rainfall throughout the year.[5]
Climate data for Avarua
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
28.8
29.1
29.1
28.3
26.4
25.3
24.6
24.9
25.6
26.3
27.2
28.0
27.0
Daily mean °C (°F)
25.9
26.2
26.2
25.4
23.7
22.7
22.0
22.3
22.7
23.5
24.4
25.2
24.2
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
23.1
23.4
23.3
22.5
21.0
20.1
19.4
19.7
19.9
20.7
21.7
22.4
21.4
Average rainfall mm (inches)
256
229
219
246
199
128
112
141
138
121
171
246
2,206
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]
Sister cities [ edit ]
On 7 June 2024, Prime Minister Mark Brown of the Cook Islands and Tou Travel Ariki , President of the House of Ariki, signed a sister city agreement between Avarua, Rarotonga, and Honolulu , Hawaii.[6]
References [ edit ]
^ "Table 6: Rarotonga Total Population by Census Districts and Age Groups" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008 .
^ 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
^ a b Climate Avarua , Climate-Data.org
^ "Honolulu signs 'historic' sister-city agreements with Rarotonga, Cook Islands" . Hawaii News Now. 7 June 2024.
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Alofi Niue 7
Apia Samoa
Avarua Cook Islands 7
Fakaofo Tokelau 8
Funafuti Tuvalu
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Pago Pago American Samoa 4
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