Tonga, officially named the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state, located in Oceania, Tonga is a small archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. It's lies to the northeast of Samoa, Vanuatu to the west, Niue to the east, Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest and about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. It is about 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) from New Zealand's North Island and 2000 miles east of Brisbane, Australia. The largest city and capital of Tonga is Nuku'afola.
Where is Tonga Located in the Map?
Where is Tonga Located?
Tonga is located in the South Pacific Ocean.
Tonga map also shows that Tonga is an archipelago constituted of more than 170 islands. It covers a surface area of approximately 290 square miles (750 km2),tThese islands are spread in the area of about 700,000 sq km (270,000 sq mi). Many of the islands are uninhabited. The climate type of Tonga is tropical. Tonga is sub-divided into five administrative divisions: ʻEua, Haʻapai, Niuas, Tongatapu, and Vavaʻu. As of 2021, Tonga had a population of 104,494.
The government type of the Tonga is a constitutional monarchy, under which the King has all executive power and even the Prime Minister of country is appointed by the King. Tonga was admitted to the United Nations in 1999.
Moreover, the economy of the country is largely depends upon remittances because half of the country's population lives abroad and hence send money to their relatives. However, country has small manufacturing sector and subsistence agriculture. The major crops are Coconuts, bananas, coffee beans, vanilla beans, and root crops including taro, yams, and cassava.
Tonga Geography and Facts
|Official Name||Kingdom of Tonga|
|Location of Tonga||The South Pacific Ocean|
|Tonga Coordinates||21.1790° S, 175.1982° W|
|Tonga Capital City||Nuku'alofa|
|Surrounding Country in Tonga||Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, Niue to the east, Kermadec to the southwest, and New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the farther west. It is about 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) from New Zealand's North Island|
|Official Languages||Tongan, English|
|Total Islands||169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited|
|Area of Tonga||748 km2 (289 sq mi)|
|Suface Area||750 square kilometres (290 sq mi)|
|Population of Tonga||100,209 (199th), as of 2021 Census|
|Population Density of Tonga||139/km2 (360.0/sq mi)|
|Ethnic Groups||Polynesian 98%|
|Religion of Tonga||Christian|
|Tonga Currency||Tongan Pa'anga (Top)|
|Tonga Time Zone||UTC +13|
|Tonga ISO Code||TO|
|Tonga Calling Code||+676|
|International Airport||Fuaʻamotu International Airport (IATA: TBU, ICAO: NFTF|
|Membership||Tonga has been a member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 4 June 1970 |
Tonga was admitted to the United Nations in 1999
|Other Membership||ACP, Asian Development Bank, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, ICAO, IFC, IHO, IMF, IMO, IOC, the ITU, the NAM, the UPU, the WMO, the WTO, IBRD, IDA, The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|
|Tonga Government Portal||https://www.gov.to/|
Places to Visit in TongaThe top attractions to visit in Tonga are:
|Fafa Island||Pangaimotu Island||Ha'amonga 'a Maui Trilithon||Hunga Tonga|
|Anahulu Cave||Uoleva||Ha'atafu Beach||Atata Island|
|Ene'io Botanical Garden||Ha`apai Group||Mt Talau National Park||Luahoko|
|Nomuka||Mapu 'A Vaea Blowholes||Mounu||Oholei Beach|
|Kao||Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua||Ene'io Beach||Pangaimotu Island Resort|
Distance from Tonga to Other Oceania Countries
|Country||Distance in KM & Mi||Country||Distance in KM & Mi|
|Distance from Tonga to American Samoa||901 km (560 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Australia||5,204 km (3,234 mi)|
|Distance from Tonga to Samoa||888 km (552 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Hawaii||5,038 km (|
|Distance from Tonga to Wallis and Futuna||826 km (513 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Papua New Guinea||4,692 km (2,915 mi)|
|Distance from Tonga to Fiji||804 km (500 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Nauru||3,006 km (1,868 mi)|
|Distance from Tonga to New Zealand||2,384 km (1,481 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Solomon Islands||2,930 km (1,821 mi)|
|Distance from Tonga to Niue||605 km (376 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Vanuatu||1,990 km (1,237 mi)|
|Distance from Tonga to East Timor||6,455 km (4,011 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Tuvalu||1,659 km (1,031 mi)|
|Distance from Tonga to Guam||5,823 km (3,618 mi)||Distance from Tonga to Cook Islands||1,598 km (993 mi)|