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3 days ago · Tonga: Ha‘apai island group. The waters around the Ha‘apai island group, Tonga. Tonga’s total land area is dispersed between latitudes 15° and 23° S and longitudes 173° and 177° W. The capital, Nuku‘alofa, is on the island of Tongatapu. Tonga is a member of the Commonwealth and of the United Nations.
- Nukuʿalofa
Nukuʿalofa, capital and chief port of Tonga, on the northern...
- Tonga - History
Tonga - Polynesian, Monarchy, Sovereignty: Tonga was first...
- Tongatapu
Tongatapu Group, southernmost island cluster of Tonga, in...
- Nukuʿalofa
1 day ago · TO. Internet TLD. .to. Based on 2005 figures. Tonga ( / ˈtɒŋə / TONG-ə, / ˈtɒŋɡə / TONG-gə; [a] Tongan: [ˈtoŋa] ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga ), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. [1]
- Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
May 16, 2024 · Tonga 101: Your Ultimate Guide to the South Pacific's Best-Kept SecretDiscover the allure of Tonga in this brief overview! From its ancient Polynesian roots ...
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Apr 28, 2024 · Tonga on a World Map. Tonga is a group of 176 islands (36 are inhabited) in the South Pacific Ocean. The country is known for its beaches, coral reefs, and tropical rainforests. It’s part of Polynesia near American Samoa to the northeast, Samoa to the north, Fiji Islands to the west, and New Zealand to the southwest.
5 days ago · Annotation. The Tu’i Tonga Empire was an Oceanic maritime chiefdom centered on the island of Tongatapu, the main island of Tonga, and flourished between 1200-1500 CE. The empire arose when Samoa’s Tui Manu’a empire declined around 950s CE, when, according to oral tradition, ‘Aho’eitu, the son of a god and human woman, was the first ...
4 days ago · The other main island groups located within the Polynesian Triangle are Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, and French Polynesia. Also, small Polynesian settlements are in Papua New Guinea , the Solomon Islands , the Caroline Islands , and Vanuatu .
May 9, 2024 · Oceania. Oceania, collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. A more common definition excludes the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japan archipelago. The most popular usage delimits Oceania further by ...
