How many people lived in the country occupying the land where Solomon Baruch Komaiko was born in 2017
S. B. Komaiko Solomon Baruch Komaiko (Hebrew: שלמה ברוך קומיקו‎ ‎ ; born on September 15, 1879 in Anykščiai, now Lithuania – April 29, 1957 in Miami Beach, Florida) was an American author, journalist, and Zionist.
Culture of the Cook Islands The culture of the Cook Islands reflects the traditions of its fifteen islands as a Polynesian island country, spread over 1800000 km2 in the South Pacific Ocean. It is in free association with New Zealand. Its traditions are based on the influences of those who settled the islands over several centuries. Polynesian people from Tahiti settled in the Cook Islands in the 6th century. The Portuguese captain, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, made the first recorded European landing in the islands in the early 17th century, and well over a hundred years later, in the 18th century, the British navigator, Captain James Cook arrived, giving the islands their current name. Missionaries developed a written language, bringing schools and Christianity to the Cook Islands in the early 19th century. Cook Islands Māori, also known as Māori Kūki 'Āirani or Rarotongan, is the country's official language.