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Tonga (pronounced IPA-all?to?a) - officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan (Tongan language): Pule?anga Fakatu?i ?o Tonga) - an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), comprises 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited. The Kingdom stretches over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles) in a north-south line. The islands that constitute the archipelago lie south of Samoa, about one-third of the way from New Zealand to Hawaiokinai (Hawaii).
Tonga also became known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain James Cook (James Cook) on his first visit there in 1773. He happened to arrive at the time of the okinainasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits to the Tuokinai Tonga (Tui Tonga), the islands paramount chief, and received an invitation to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner (William Mariner (writer)), in reality the chiefs had wanted to kill Cook during the gathering, but could not agree on a plan.
The only sovereign monarchy among the island nations of the Pacific Ocean, Tonga - uniquely among island nations in the South Pacific region - avoided formal colonisation. Tonga plans to become a fully functioning constitutional monarchy after legislative reform and a more fully representative election take place in 2010.
Native Name: ''Puleokinaanga Fakatuokinai okinao Tonga''spaces2to icon
Conventional Long Name: Kingdom of Tonga
Common Name: Tonga
Image Flag: Flag_of_Tonga.svg
Image Coat: Sila o Tonga - Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tonga.svg
National Motto: ''Ko e okinaOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiokinaa'',God and Tonga are my Inheritance
Image Map: LocationTonga.png
National Anthem: ''Ko e fasi okinao e tuokinai okinao e okinaOtu Tonga (Ko e fasi 'o e tu'i 'o e 'Otu Tonga)''
Official Languages: Tongan (Tongan language), English (English language)
Demonym: Tongan
Capital: NukuOkinaalofa (Nuku?alofa)
Latd: 21 latm=08 latNS=S longd=175 longm=12 longEW=W
Largest City: capital
Leader Title1: King (List of monarchs of Tonga)
Leader Name1: George Tupou V
Leader Title2: Prime Minister (Prime Minister of Tonga)
Leader Name2: Dr. Feleti Sevele
Area Km2: 748
Area Sq Mi: 289
Area Rank: 186th
Area Magnitude: 1 E12
Percent Water: 4.0
Population Estimate: 104,000
Population Estimate Rank: 195th
Population Density Km2: 139
Population Density Sq Mi: 360
Population Density Rank: 76th1
Gdp Ppp: $728 million
Gdp Ppp Per Capita: $7,060
Gdp Nominal: $313 million
Gdp Nominal Per Capita: $3,032
Hdi: Increase0.768
Hdi Rank: 99th
Hdi Category: medium
Established Event1: from British (United Kingdom) protectorate
Established Date1: June 4, 1970
Currency: Paokinaanga (Tongan pa'anga)
Currency Code: TOP
Utc Offset: +13
Utc Offset Dst: +13
Drives On: left
Cctld: .to
Calling Code: 676 (+676)
Footnote1: Based on 2005 figures.