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Fakaofo

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Fakaofo, formerly known as Bowditch Island, is a South Pacific atoll in the Tokelau Group. Its land area is only about 3 square kilometers, made up of islets on a coral reef surrounding a central lagoon of about 45 square kilometers, and according to the 2006 census 483 people officially lived there, most of them Congregational or Catholic Christians. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Fakaofo, formerly known as Bowditch Island, is a South Pacific Ocean atoll located in the Tokelau Group.
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