Kingdom of Rarotonga

Kingdom of Rarotonga

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Mātāmuatanga Rarotonga"
conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Rarotonga
common_name = Rarotonga
continent = Oceania
region = Cook Islands
country = Cook Islands
era = New Imperialism
status = Protectorate
empire = United Kingdom (1888-1893)
government_type = Monarchy
year_start = 1858
year_end = 1893
event1 =
date_event1 =
event_pre = Protectorate
date_pre = 1888
s1 = Cook Islands Federation
flag_s1 = Flag of the Cook Islands Federation.svg







capital = Avarua (presumed)
title_leader =
leader1 =
year_leader1 =
The Kingdom of Rarotonga, (Cook Islands Maori: "Mātāmuatanga Rarotonga") named after the island of Rarotonga, was an independent kingdom established in the present-day Cook Islands in 1858. In 1888 it became a protectorate of the United Kingdom by its own request, and in 1893 the name was changed to the Cook Islands Federation.

ee also

*History of the Cook Islands

External links

* [http://www.rbvex.it/oceanpag/cook.html] (in Italian)


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