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Tonga

Arctic Ocean
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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

The first humans arrived in Tonga around 1000 B.C. The islands’ politics were highly centralized under the Tu’i Tonga, or Tongan king, by A.D. 950, and by 1200, the Tu’i Tonga had expanded his influence throughout Polynesia and into Melanesia and Micronesia. The Tongan Empire began to decline in the 1300s, with civil wars, a military defeat to Samoa, and internal political strife. By the mid-1500s, some Tu’i Tongans were ethnic Samoan, and day-to-day administration of Tonga was transferred to a new position occupied by ethnic Tongans.

Capital
Nuku'alofa
Government
constitutional monarchy
Population
104,519
Area
747 sq km
Location
Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Climate
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
Natural resources
arable land; fish
Languages
Tongan only 85%; Tongan and other language 13.9%; Tongan not used at home 1.1%
Religions
Protestant 63.9% (Free Wesleyan Church 34.2%; Free Church of Tonga 11.3%; Church of Tonga 6.8%; Seventh Day Adventist 2.5%…
Independence
4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate status)
Administrative divisions
5 island divisions; 'Eua, Ha'apai, Ongo Niua, Tongatapu, Vava'u
Currency
pa'anga (TOP)
Export partners
Guyana 17%; USA 17%; NZ 15%; Australia 15%…
Import partners
Fiji 27%; NZ 24%; China 21%; Australia 8%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

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Currency
pa'anga (TOP)
Languages
Tongan only 85%; Tongan and other language 13.9%; Tongan not used at home 1.1%
Government
constitutional monarchy
Climate
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)

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