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Tonga

Key Facts

 

Population

103,036

Area

748 km2

Official Language

Tongan & English

Capital

Nukuʻalofa

Time

(UTC+13)

Currency

Paʻanga (TOP)

Constitution

N./A

Climate

climate is tropical with a distinct warm period (December–April), during which the temperatures rise above 32 °C & a cooler period (May–November), with temperatures rarely rising above 27 °C

Economy

Tonga's economy is characterized by a large nonmonetary sector and a heavy dependence on remittances from the half of the country's population that lives abroad, chiefly in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

Traveler Information

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/tonga

Investment Authority/Ministry of Economy

http://www.mctl.gov.to/

Media Links

http://matangitonga.to/