Cities, towns and villages of Tonga. Census results. Latitudes and longitudes. Islands with surface area and population. Summit heights. Lakes with surface area and altitude
3. 3
Explanatory notes
Abbreviations and symbols.
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Coordinates.
For area features (e.g. islands, districts), the coordinates indicate the approximate centre of
the feature.
Coordinates are given in degrees ( º ) and minutes ( ′ ), in most cases also seconds ( ″ ).
You will find the locations on Google Earth by copying/pasting the coordinates into Google
Earth’s search field.
4. 4
Main sources
Geo-Ref.net
www.geo-ref.net/en/ton.htm
Google Earth
National coral reef status report Tonga / Edward R. Lovell, Asipeli Palaki
https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-11/010032224.pdf
OpenStreetMap.
https://www.openstreetmap.org
Pacific island names : a map and name guide to the new Pacific / Lee S. Motteler. - Honolulu
: Bishop Museum Press, 1986. - (Bishop Museum miscellaneous publication ; 34). - ISBN 0-
930897-12-9
Tonga 2016 census of population and housing. Volume 1 : Basic tables and administrative
report. - 2nd ed. - Nuku’alofa : Tonga Statistics Department, 2018.
https://tongastats.gov.to/census/population-statistics/#22-60-wpfd-2016-1498707296
5. 5
Some basic facts
Name: Tonga; Kingdom of Tonga
Local name: Tonga; Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga
Independence: 4 June 1970
Area: 649.91 km²
Population (2016 census): 100,651
Population (estimated
mid-year 2020): 99,780
Length north-south: 800 kilometres
Southernmost point: ʻAta, 22º 20′ 54″ S, 176º 12′ 26″ W
Northernmost point: Niuafoʻou, 15º 34′ 01″ S, 175º 37′ 54″ W
Westernmost point: ʻAta, 22º 20′ 03″ S, 176º 13′ 05″ W
Easternmost point: Tafahi, 15º 51′ 15″ S, 173º 44′ 12″ W
Capital: Nukuʻalofa
Largest island: Tongatapu, 257.03 km²
Highest point: Kao, 1,046 metres