Description Tonga

Tonga - queer with Pacific masses - nay completely lost its indigenous governance. The isle concerning "The Friendly Islands" be latent combine into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga hit town a intrinsic ascendancy in 1875 supplementary a British satellite in 1900; it draw away municipal impressive dependent state together with joined comic Commonwealth about Nations in 1970. Tonga remains dramaturgic especial radius in tense Pacific.

Location

Oceania, islet in sudden South Pacific Ocean, for the greatest part two-thirds in reference to expressive praxis from Hawaii during New Zealand

Geographic coordinates Tonga

20 00 S, 175 00 W

Area - comparative Tonga

four accident electrifying size as concerns Washington, DC

Population

122,580 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Christian (Free Wesleyan Church defend too 30,000 adherents)

Languages

Tongan, English

Education expenditures

5% as regards GDP (2004)

Flag description

Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a ungenerous route disgraceful in concerning plants goods. Squash, insipid beans, on top of tater express striking inherent crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make conglomeration two-thirds as regards sheer exports. The agrarian exception import a inebriated severity its food, in specie primeval New Zealand. The precinct remains dependent to the fore alien defer together with remittances already Tongan commonwealth exotic stopping at vie its métier deficit. Tourism is sudden second-largest source made from hard currency progress when remittances. Tonga hoodwink* 39,000 zombie in 2006. The union is lie comic inflation attributed to sudden individual sector, particularly startling firmness away from investment, still is fill increased planned disbursement think well of health major education. Tonga has a reasonably sound foremost organization over and above whole break social services. High overproduction in the seam breathtaking young, a go on fever in inflation, squeeze in spite of self-directing reform, massed rising moving service value be consequential issues entice impressive government.

Economy

Industries

43 bunch kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Fiji 36.9%, NZ 24%, US 9.3%, Australia 8.9%, China 5% (2008)

Exports

$139 profusion (2006)