What the records say
- When
- 1926
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Tokelau
- Coordinates
- 9.20° S, 171.85° W
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 1033
- Area km2
- 6
- Gaining
- New Zealand
- Losing
- United Kingdom
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Tokelau
Dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean
Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo. They have a combined land area of 10 km2 (4 sq mi). In addition to these three, Swains Island, which forms part of the same archipelago, is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute, while being currently administered by the United States as part of American Samo…
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation