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| Official
Name : |
PULE'ANGA TONGA - KINGDOM OF TONGA |
| Land
Area: | 748
square kilometres / 289 square miles. |
| Population: | 101,000
(est July 2002). Density 135 persons per square km. (Mostly Polynesian) |
| Languages: | Tongan
and English (both official). |
| Religions: |
Christian (Protestant and Roman). |
| Capital: | Nuku'alofa.
Population 50,000 |
| Currency: | Pa'anga,
divided into 100 cents. |
| Geography: |
Tonga consists of approximately 170 island, of which 36 are inhabited. The Tongan
archipelago is divided physically into 2 parallel belts; low fertile coralline-limestone
formations in the east, higher volcanic terrain in the west. The 3 principle island
groups are Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu. Surface water on on the nonvolcanic
isles is negligible. 25% of the land area is arable, 12% forested. |
