Liku

Liku is one of the fourteen villages of Niue, located close to the easternmost part of the island.[2] It lies due east of the capital, Alofi, and its population at the 2017 census was 98.[3]

Liku
Village
Liku council within Niue
Administrative map of Niue showing all the villages
Coordinates: 19°02′S 169°47′W
Country Niue
Tribal AreaMotu
Area
 • Total41.64 km2 (16.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total98
 • Density1.68/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-11 (UTC-11)
Area code(s)+683

Geography

Liku is connected to the capital by a road which traverses the centre of the island. It is also - along with Lakepa, six kilometres to the north and Hakupu, 10 kilometres to the south - one of three villages on the east coast road which connects Vaiea in the south with Mutalau on the north coast.

Administration

Liku is one of the fourteen constituencies in Niue, electing one representative to the Niue Assembly. Following the 2008 general election, its representative is Pokotoa Sipeli, who serves as Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Minister of Administrative Services.[4]

Notable residents
gollark: Prestigious is the more accurate word I guess.
gollark: I expect there are significant diminishing returns with actual teaching quality in the trendier universities.
gollark: Increasingly, if you want to learn a thing for learningous purposes, you can just get free/cheap material on it off the internet.
gollark: Although over here there are rather large variations in income 5 years after graduation by degree.
gollark: According to statisticoids™, a lot (I think 70%ish?) of graduate jobs do not actually care what degree you had.

References
  1. "Niue Household and Population Census 2017" (PDF). niue.prism.spc.int. Niue Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. 1558553 Liku on OpenStreetMap
  3. "Niue Household and Population Census 2017" (PDF). niue.prism.spc.int. Niue Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. "Members of the Niue Fono Ekepule" Archived 2010-03-16 at WebCite, website of the Niuean government


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