The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately 236.7 square kilometres. The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone covers 1,960,027 square kilometres of ocean. Avarua is its capital.
Official languages: English · Cook Islands Māori (including Pukapukan)
Spoken languages: English (86.4%) · Cook Islands Māori (76.2%) · other (8.3%)
Government: Unitary constitutional monarchy
Legislature: Parliament
Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD) · Cook Islands dollar (formerly)
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