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Tonga,officially the Kingdom of Tonga,is an island country in Polynesia,part of Oceania. 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 to the east,and Kermadec to the southwest. Tonga is about 1,800 km (1,100 mi) from New Zealand's North Island. Tonga is a member of The Commonwealth.
The history of Tonga is recorded since the ninth century BC,when seafarers associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands which now make up the Kingdom of Tonga. Along with Fiji and Samoa,the area served as a gateway into the rest of the Pacific region known as Polynesia. Ancient Tongan mythologies recorded by early European explorers report the islands of 'Ata and Tongatapu as the first islands having been hauled to the surface from the deep ocean by Maui.
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References
- ↑ "Another Tongan journalist arrested for alleged sedition". Radio New Zealand International . 4 April 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ "Freedom Of The Press - Tonga (2008)", Freedom House
- ↑ "Kele’a ordered to apologise and pay damages", Pacific Media Watch, 9 April 2009
- ↑ "Falisi Tupou new Tongatapu 9 PR", Matangi Tonga, 15 September 2011
- ↑ "Democratic Party wins Tongan by-election" Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine , ABC Radio Australia, 15 September 2011
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