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2. Aitutaki - Wikipedia

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   Aitutaki is the second largest tourist destination in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga, receiving 38,777 visitors in 2018. [27] As a result, tourism dominates the economy, with 36% of the labour force employed in the restaurant and accommodation sector. [ 27 ]

3. Rarotonga - Wikipedia

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   Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of 67.39 km 2 (26.02 sq mi), and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040. [2] The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings and international airport are on Rarotonga. Rarotonga is a very popular ...

4. Transport in the Cook Islands - Wikipedia

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   There is one international airport, Rarotonga International Airport. Eight airports provide local or charter services. Only Rarotonga and Aitutaki Airport are paved. 11 (2013) [11] Airports – with paved runways. Total: 1 (2019) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1; Airports – with unpaved runways. Total: 10 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m ...

5. Cook Islands - Wikipedia

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   Their favourite islands were Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Penrhyn. Governor Lord Ranfurly reading the annexation proclamation to Queen Makea on 7 October 1900. The Cook Islands became aligned to the United Kingdom in 1890, largely because of the fear of British residents that France might occupy the islands as it already had Tahiti. [25]

6. Atiu - Wikipedia

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   There is some tourism, and Atiu is the second most-visited outer island after Aitutaki. [24] A new plant nursery was opened in 2020. [25] Atiu is connected to the rest of the Cook Islands by Enua Airport and a wharf at Taunganui Harbour. Previously powered by diesel generators, since 2018 it has been powered by a solar-battery power station ...

7. Geology of the Cook Islands - Wikipedia

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   Rarotonga, the largest island of the group is a mountainous volcanic island. Rock formations include late Pliocene to more recent volcanics, Oligocene and Miocene reefs and middle Tertiary limestone underlying atolls [ 1 ] More recent emergence of the coral reefs is characterised in several cases consistent with sealevel fall at Mangaia, of at ...