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Avarua (meaning "Two Harbors" 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 5,445 (census of 2006).〔http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/cjlg/article/viewFile/766/755〕 ==Districts== Avarua is subdivided into 18 tapere out of 54 for Rarotonga, listed from west to east: #Pokoinu #Nikao (seat of Cook Islands parliament) #Puapuautu #Areanu #Kaikaveka #Atupa #Avatiu (commercial port) #Ruatonga #Tutakimoa #Tauae (inward from Tutakimoa, the only ''Tapere'' without a coastline) #Takuvaine (downtown Avarua, seat of Cook Islands government, with Avarua fishing harbour) #Ngatipa #Vaikai #Tapae-I-Uta #Pue #Punamaia #Kiikii #Tupapa Census figures are not available on the tapere level, but only for the so-called Census Districts,〔http://www.stats.gov.ck/Statistics/CensusSurveys/census06/Cen06-Tab6.pdf〕 also listed from west to east 〔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〕 #Nikao-Panama 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avarua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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