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    Rarotonga

    21°14′S 159°46′W

    Rarotonga (sometimes abbreviated Raro) is the largest and most populous island of the country of the Cook Islands. 02 sq mi), and is home to 72% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040.

    Muri Lagoon & Koromiri Island, Rarotonga
    Muri Lagoon & Koromiri Island, Rarotonga

    Christopher Johnson from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0

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    Rarotonga (sometimes abbreviated Raro) is the largest and most populous island of the country of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of 67.39 km2 (26.02 sq mi), and is home to 72% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040. Avarua, on the north coast, is the location of the Parliament buildings and the capital of the Cook Islands. The country's international airport is also in Avarua, and Rarotonga is a popular tourist destination, with many resorts, hotels and motels. Rarotonga has been populated by a Polynesian people since late in the 1st millennium. Although it had been sighted earlier, Captain Theodore Walker master of the colonial schooner Cumberland is credited as the first European to land on the island in 1814.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Southern Cook Islands

    • Mangaia

      48.5 km²▲ 169 m

      Major islands

    • Atiu

      28.5 km²▲ 60 m

      Major islands

    • Mitiaro

      22.9 km²▲ 29 m

      Major islands

    • Mauke

      19.2 km²▲ 41 m

      Major islands

    • Aitutaki

      15.8 km²▲ 124 m

      Major islands

    • Manuae

      4.5 km²▲ 19 m

      Major islands

    • Manuae

      2.5 km²▲ 20 m

      Minor islands

    • Takutea

      1.2 km²▲ 25 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Cook Islands

    • Suwarrow

      150 km²

      Major islands

    • Mangaia

      48.5 km²▲ 169 m

      Major islands

    • Atiu

      28.5 km²▲ 60 m

      Major islands

    • Mitiaro

      22.9 km²▲ 29 m

      Major islands

    • Mauke

      19.2 km²▲ 41 m

      Major islands

    • Aitutaki

      15.8 km²▲ 124 m

      Major islands

    • Penrhyn

      9.8 km²▲ 4 m

      Minor islands

    • Pukapuka

      5 km²▲ 11 m

      Minor islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs