The Pacific
nations and territories
We have provided three basic links to
each country. G = government, T = national tourism
promotion, N = news, CCI, or other best available, H = history. We avoided airlines,
banks and other self interest links. We could not find enough
good links. If you can suggest better, please contact us at IMC.
Information for this page was originally mainly found in PACIFIC
magazine (Jan/Feb 2008 issue). We have further updated and changed
following internet searches. In fact the internet has a huge amount of
info though much of it is excessively commercial. Most linked websites
are in English but a number have pages in Japanese and other languages.
If you want to do more searching, a simple Google search such as "cook
islands tourism" will usually find a website for your needs.
|
nation, capital
|
population
|
websites
|
land area
|
net
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American Samoa, Pago Pago
| 68,000
|
G T N
|
200 sq km
|
AS
|
CNMI (Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands), Saipan
| 65,000
|
G T N
|
470
|
MP
|
Cook Islands, Rarotonga
| 21,000
|
G T N
|
240
|
CK
|
Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir
|
110,000
|
G T N
|
700
|
FM
|
Fiji, Suva
|
830,000
|
G T N
|
18,000
|
FJ
|
French Polynesia, Papeete
|
260,000
|
G T N |
3.600
|
PF
|
Guam, Hagatna
|
167,000
|
G T N |
540
|
GU
|
Kiribati, Tarawa
|
94,000
|
T N |
800
|
KI
|
Marshall Islands, Majuro
|
52,000
|
G T N |
180
|
MH
|
Nauru, Yaren
|
13,500
|
T N |
21
|
NR
|
New Caledonia, Noumea
|
222,000
|
G T N |
18,500
|
NC
|
Niue, Alofi
|
1,600
|
G T |
259
|
NU
|
Palau, Melekeok
|
20,000
|
G T |
458
|
PW
|
Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
|
5,620,000
|
G T N |
453,000
|
PG
|
Samoa, Apia
|
187,000
|
G T N
|
2,850
|
WS
|
Solomon Islands, Honiara
|
488,000
|
G T N |
910
|
SB
|
Tokelau, --
|
1,460
|
G T
|
12
|
TK
|
Tonga, Nuku'alofa
|
101,000
|
G T N
|
718
|
TO
|
Tuvalu, Funafuti
|
9,650
|
H T N
|
26
|
TV
|
Vanuatu, Port Vila
|
222,000
|
G T N |
12,200
|
VU
|
Wallis and Futuna, Mata-Uta
|
15,300
|
T N |
274
|
WF
|
If you are wondering what the 2-letter codes under net
are, they are the internet codes that belong to these countries.
Tonga owns the "TO", Tuvalu owns "TV", etc. Tokyo doesn't own TO; the
television industry doesn't own TV. For a list of internet domains see IANA. For info on the whole Pacific travel see SPTO.
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