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  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
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STAT Niue Philippines
Land border length 0.0
Ranked 182nd. 		0.0
Ranked 189th.
Overview <p>The residents of the Pacific island of Niue are far outnumbered by their compatriots who have migrated to New Zealand.</p> <p>Home to fewer than 2,000 islanders, the self-governing coral atoll is trying to encourage some of the 20,000 overseas Niueans - many of them New Zealand-born - to return. </p> <p>Niue operates in free association with New Zealand, its main source of aid and its biggest trading partner. New Zealand is obliged under the island&#039;s constitution to provide &quot;necessary economic and administrative assistance&quot;. All Niueans are New Zealand citizens and can take up residency there.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-16536890">Full Article</a> <p>More than 7,000 islands make up the Philippines, but the bulk of its fast-growing population lives on just 11 of them. </p> <p>Although endowed with many fine beaches and a growing tourism industry, much of the country is mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms. </p> <p>The Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries and named after a 16th century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the early 20th century after a protracted rebellion against rule from Madrid. Spanish and US influences remain strong, especially in terms of language, religion and government.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15521300">Full Article</a>

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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