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Area > Comparative 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	236.7 sq km		[210th of 238]
Area > Land (per capita)	19.289 sq km per 1,000 people		[83rd of 227]
Area > Total	236.7 sq km		[220th of 250]
Area > Total (per capita)	19.289 sq km per 1,000 people		[85th of 231]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[156th of 239]
Area > Water (per capita)	0 sq km per million people		[154th of 225]
Climate tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March
Coastline	120 km		[174th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Te Manga 652 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Forested Land	95.7%		[1st of 193]
Geographic coordinates	21 14 S, 159 46 W
Geography > Note the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km
Land use > Arable land	16.67%		[70th of 258]
Land use > Other	75%		[176th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	8.33%		[39th of 258]
Location Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Map references Oceania
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[34th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[24th of 191]
Natural hazards typhoons (November to March)
Natural resources	NEGL
Population density	84.17 people per sqkm		[107th of 256]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Te Manga
Terrain low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south

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• Almost the entire Cook Islands are covered by forest.

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