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TOKELAU (or UNION ISLANDS)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1047 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOKELAU (or UNION ISLANDS)  , a
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group of three atolls in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 M . N.E. of
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Samoa, belonging to Britain . Atafu consists of 63 islets, Nukunau of 93 and Fakaafo of . 62 . They produce little but copra . The natives are all Christians, and in type and speech are akin to the Samoans . They number about 500 .

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