Cook Islands, ctry_cook_islands
Cook Islands


Official Language English, Cook Islands Maori
Capital Avarua
Head of State Queen Elizabeth II (as Queen in right of New Zealand)
Queen's Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin KBE
Prime Minister Jim Marurai
Area 240 km² (92.7 sq. mi)
Population (July 2005 Estimate) 21,388
Independence
– Date None (the Cook Islands is not independent)













