Editing Aitutaki (section)

==Demographics and settlement==
{{Historical populations
|1906 |1162
|1916 |1302
|1926 |1431
|1936 |1719
|1951 |2396
|1961 |2582
|1966 |2579
|1976 |2423
|1986 |2390
|1996 |2389
|2001 |1946
|2006 |2235
|2011 |2038
|2016 |1941
|footnote=Source:<ref name="Census2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfem.gov.ck/images/documents/Statistics_Docs/5.Census-Surveys/6.Population-and-Dwelling_2016/2016_CENSUS_REPORT-FINAL.pdf |title=Cook Islands 2016 Census Main Report |page=46 |date=2018 |access-date=19 August 2020 |publisher=Cook Islands Statistical Office}}</ref>}}
The population of Aitutaki was 1,941 in 2016.<ref name="Census2016"/>

[[File:Aitutakitopo.png|250px|thumb|Topographic map of Aitutaki]]
[[File:Aitutakitapere.png|250px|thumb|Districts and tapere of Aitutaki according to the constitution<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/ck/legis/num_act/ca11a1982295/|title=Constitution Amendment (No 11) Act 1982|website=www.paclii.org|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>]]
[[File:Aitutakicirc.png|250px|thumb|Electoral [[wikt:circonscription|circonscriptions]] of Aitutaki]]
Aitutaki is subdivided in 8 districts. The districts are further subdivided into 19 [[tapere]] (land holdings by tribe lineages).

The eight districts are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://procurement.gov.ck/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/8_Island-Government-Act-2012-2013.pdf |title=Island Government Act 2012–13 |publisher=Procurement Portal Cook Islands |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
#Amuri (Te Upoko Enua)
#Ureia (Uriuri A Punga)
#Arutanga (Rutanga O Te Toa)
#Reureu (Te Mata O Teerui)
#Nikaupara (Te Maru O Toi)
#Vaipae (Te Vaipaepae O Pau)
#Tautu (Titi Ai Tonga)
#Vaipeka (Te Arekarioi)

The eight districts are subdivided into 19 tapere as follows:
*Amuri District
**Amuri Tapere
**Punganui Tapere
*Anaunga District
**Anaunga Tapere
**Punoa Tapere
*Arutanga District
**Arutanga Tapere
**Reureu Tapere
**Nukunoni Tapere
**Ureia Tapere
*Avanui District
**Avanui Tapere
**Vaipeka Tapere
*Taravao District
**Taravao Tapere
**Vaiau Tapere
**Vaiorea Tapere
*Tautu District
**Mataotane Tapere
**Tautu Tapere
*Vaipae District
**Oako Tapere
**Vaipae Tapere
*Vaitupa District
**Taakarere Tapere
**Vaitupa Tapere