Re: Country codes, Niue

From: Alfie Costa (agcosta@gis.net)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 20:10:54 CEST


On 4 Jun 2000, at 18:16, Michele Andreoli <mulinux@sunsite.auc.dk> wrote:

> Freedonia, Niue, Erewhon: never known.

"Niue, coral island and self-governing dependency of New Zealand (1987
pop. 2,442), 100 sq mi (260 sq km), in the South Pacific Ocean. The
island has fertile soil and exports copra, honey, limes, and root crops.
It became internally self-governing in 1974."

                        - Concise Columbia Encyclopedia 1991

I'd never heard of Niue before looking up its country code, which led to the
shameless inclusion of the other two...

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