Cook Islands

Cook Islands
Official languages Capital	Avarua
Area Government	236.7 square kilometers (91.39 square miles) Unitary constitutional monarchy
Population Religion	(2022 est.) 8,128 84.2% Christian (Protestant, Roman Catholic, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...) 5.6% Atheist 8% Other 2.2% No response
Time zone Currency	CKT (UTC-10) New Zealand dollar
Demonym	Cook Islander
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The Cook Islands (in Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) are a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. All the islands, atolls, reefs and cays belonging to this State are divided into two chains: the Northern Cook Islands (which include 6 atolls and 1 reef), and the Southern Cook Islands (which include 9 atolls and a few other small land areas), which represent nearly 95% of the country's population and 90% of the land surface.

Rarotonga is the most populated of the atolls, located in the chain of the Southern Cook Islands, as it is home to the capital, Avarua, a city whose population accounts for almost 30% of the population of the country.