- Official name
- Kingdom of Tonga
- Capital
- Nuku'alofa
- Region
- Polynesia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 103,000
- Area
- 747 km²
- Currency
- Tongan paʻanga (TOP)
- Neighbours
- None — island or sea borders only
- Internet / phone
- .to · +676
Where it is
Notable facts
- Tonga is the only Pacific island nation never formally colonised, and remains a kingdom.
- It sits close to the Tonga Trench, one of the deepest parts of the ocean.
- The 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai was one of the most powerful volcanic explosions ever recorded instrumentally.
- Tonga is sometimes called the place “where time begins”, being among the first countries to see each new day.
National dish
'Ota 'ika Raw fish cured in lemon or lime and coconut milk with onion and tomato.
Lu pulu — meat and onion baked in taro leaves — is the other national dish.