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Tonga is located in Polynesia part of Oceania. It's total area is 720 km² and 12.4% of it is forest area. As of 2023 it has a total population of 108K. 23.2% lives in cities whereas 76.8% lives in rural areas.
Tonga (, ; Tongan: [ˈtoŋa]), officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about 750 km2 (290 sq mi), scattered over 700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of 2021, according to Johnson's Tribune, Tonga has a population of 104,494, 70% of whom reside on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately 800 km (500 mi) north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest; Samoa to the northeast; New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west; Niue (the nearest foreign territory) to the east; and Kermadec (New Zealand) to the southwest. Tonga is about 1,800 km (1,100 mi) from New Zealand's North Island.

First inhabited roughly 2,500 years ago by the Lapita civilization, Tonga's Polynesian settlers gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity, language, and culture as the Tongan people. They were quick to establish a powerful footing across the South Pacific, and this period of Tongan expansionism and colonization is known as the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. From the rule of the first Tongan king, ʻAhoʻeitu, Tonga grew into a regional power. It was a thalassocracy that conquered and controlled unprecedented swathes of the Pacific, from parts of the Solomon Islands and the whole of New Caledonia and Fiji in the west to Samoa and Niue and even as far as parts of modern-day French Polynesia in the east. Tuʻi Tonga became renowned for its economic, ethnic, and cultural influence over the Pacific, which remained strong even after the Samoan revolution of the 13th century and Europeans' discovery of the islands in 1616.From 1900 to 1970, Tonga had British protected-state status. The United Kingdom looked after Tonga's foreign affairs under a Treaty of Friendship, but Tonga never relinquished its sovereignty to any foreign power. In 2010, Tonga took a decisive step away from its traditional absolute monarchy and became a fully-functioning constitutional monarchy, after legislative reforms paved the way for its first partial representative elections.

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💬 Languages

English, Tonga are the official languages.

💵 Currencies

The official currency is Tongan paʻanga [1 USD = 2.349 TOP].

🏧 Cash / Credit card usage

We don't have any data for credit card usage in Tonga.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Tourism

In 2019, 94K tourists arrived to Tonga. In 2019, tourism has contributed to Tonga economy with a total of 57.1M $ income (%50.8).

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We don't have any bandwidth data for Tonga.

☀️ Climate

Averag yearly temperature is ☀️ 25 °C and hot. Current 3 months (December, January and February) average is 🔥 26 °C and very hot. Current season (winter) is 🔥 26 °C and very hot.
Yearly average25 °C ☀️
3 month average26 °C 🔥
Spring average26 °C 🔥
Summer average23 °C ☀️
Fall average24 °C ☀️
Winter average26 °C 🔥
About seasons: Remember that seasons in Southern Hemisphere are opposite of the Northern one. This means that in Argentina and Australia, winter begins in June. Currently season averages are rendered according Northern Hemisphere.

📈 Economics

In 2022, gross national income (GNI) was 534M $ and with %-5.2 decrease GNI per capita was 5K $. In 2023, consumer inflation was calculated as %6.4.
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