Editing Atafu (section)

{{Short description|Atoll in Tokelau}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox islands
|archipelago=[[Tokelau]]
|name=Atafu
|image= File:Atafu.jpg
|population=541
|country_largest_city=
|area_km2=2.5
|image_map=
|image_map_caption=
|pushpin_map=Tokelau#Oceania#Pacific Ocean
|total_islands=52
|major_islands=
| country          = [[New Zealand]]
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[Realm of New Zealand|Dependent territory]]
| country_admin_divisions       = [[Tokelau]]
| country_leader_title = {{lang|tkl|Faipule}} (leader)
| country_leader_name = [[Kelihiano Kalolo]]<ref name="2023 election">{{cite web |title=Results are in for the 2023 Tokelau national election |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/483227/results-are-in-for-the-2023-tokelau-national-election |website=www.rnz.co.nz |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand|RNZ]] |access-date=7 February 2023 |language=en-nz |date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
| country1_leader_title = {{lang|tkl|Pulenuku}} ([[mayor]])
| country1_leader_name = Nofo Iupati<ref name="2023 election"/>
|languages = [[Tokelauan]], [[English language|English]]
}}
'''Atafu''', formerly known as the '''Duke of York Group''', is a group of 52 coral [[islet]]s within [[Tokelau]] in the south [[Pacific Ocean]], {{convert|500|km|mi|abbr=off}} north of [[Samoa]].<ref>[http://www.tokelau.org.nz/ Tokelau Government]</ref> With a land area of {{convert|2.5|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=off}}, it is the smallest of the three islands that constitute Tokelau. It is an [[atoll]] and surrounds a central lagoon, which covers some {{convert|15|km2|abbr=on}}. The atoll lies {{convert|800|km|mi|abbr=off}} south of the equator at 8° 35' South, 172° 30' West. Atafu is the northernmost area under New Zealand sovereignty.