Alofi

Alofi is the capital of the Pacific Ocean island kingdom of Niue. With a populace of less than 1,000 census of 2014, Alofi has the distinction of being the second smallest national capital town in phrases of populace, after Ngerulmud, capital of Palau. It includes the two villages: Alofi North and Alofi South in which the government headquarters are placed. It is positioned on the centre of Alofi Bay at the west coast of the island, close to the best damage in the coral reef that surrounds Niue.

The bay stretches for 30 per cent of the island's period approximately seven kilometres from Halagigie Point in the south to Makapu Point inside the north. In January 2004, Niue changed into hit by way of the fierce tropical typhoon Cyclone Heta which killed two human beings and did good sized harm to the whole island. Many of Alofi's homes had been destroyed, including the sanatorium. Government buildings had been shifted to a less exposed website online three km inland from the west coast, named Fonuakula, after the hurricane. This site remains within the village obstacles of Alofi South.