Tonga

It is geographically positioned both in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. The Tongan Empire began to decline in the 1300s descending into civil wars a military defeat to Samoa and internal political strife that saw successive leaders assassinated.

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Tonga officially Kingdom of Tonga Tongan Fakatuʿi ʿo Tonga also called Friendly Islands country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

. 1 day agoOn Tonga home to about 105000 people video posted on social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas swirling around homes and buildings including a church. Destination Tonga a virtual guide to the Polynesian kingdom formerly known as the Friendly Islands an archipelago of more than 170 islands in the South Pacific Ocean south east of Fiji south of Samoa 2000 km north east of Auckland NZ and 3280 km east of Brisbane Australia. The Kingdom of Tonga is a sovereign nation in Polynesia composed of an archipelago of 169 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean.

It is the South Pacifics last Polynesian kingdom a constitutional hereditary monarchy. It consists of some 170 islands divided into three main island groups. Tonga Is Great For Unwind Haatafu Beach Resort 316 Tongatapu Island Tonga Matafonua Lodge 443 Foa Island Tonga Blue Banana Beach House 255 Tongatapu Island Tonga Mapua a Vaea Blowholes 411 Beaches Tongatapu Island Tonga Port Wine Guest House 198 Neiafu Tonga Haatafu Beach 114 Beaches Tongatapu Island Tonga Seaview Lodge and Restaurant 111.

The volcano is located about 30 kilometers 186 miles southeast of Tongas Fonuafoou island according to RNZ and about 65 kilometers 40 miles north of Nukualofa. The total surface area of the archipelago is about 750 km 2 290 sq mi scattered over 700000 km 2 270000 sq mi of the southern Pacific Ocean. Ash was falling from the sky in Nukualofa on Saturday evening and phone.

In addition to the tsunami. Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga is a Polynesian country and also an archipelago consisting of 169 islands of which 36 are inhabited. Tonga was a protected state of the United Kingdom until 1970.

Tongatapu in the south Haʿapai in the centre and Vavaʿu in the north. By the mid-1500s some Tui Tongans were ethnic Samoan and day-to-day administration of Tonga was transferred to a new position occupied by ethnic Tongans. 1 day agoA tsunami has hit Tongas largest island Tongatapu and reportedly sent waves flooding into the capital of Nukualofa.

Tonga was united under one chief in 1845. Tonga ˈ t ɒ ŋ ɡ ə Tongan. Officially named the Kingdom of Tonga Tongan.

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