Tonga - Wikipedia
WEBTonga. Coordinates: 20°S 175°W. Tonga ( / ˈtɒŋə / TONG-ə, / ˈtɒŋɡə / TONG-gə; [a] Tongan: [ˈtoŋa] ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga ), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. [1] .
Tonga | Population, Volcano, Tsunami, Map, & People | Britannica
WEBMay 3, 2024 · Tonga, a country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean consisting of some 170 islands divided into three main island groups: Tongatapu in the south, Ha‘apai in the centre, and Vava‘u in the north.The capital, Nuku‘alofa, is on the island of Tongatapu. Read here to learn more about Tonga.
Tonga volcano: What to know about the eruption and tsunami | CNN
WEBJan 17, 2022 · CNN — The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.
Tonga Maps & Facts - World Atlas
WEBNov 13, 2023 · Key Facts. Flag. Covering a total area of 750 sq.km (289 sq mi), Tonga is an archipelago composed of 169 islands, of which only 36 islands are inhabited and is located in the South Pacific Ocean. The three largest islands are Tongatapu, Ha'apai, and Vava'u, with Tongatapu being the most populated.
Tonga - World Factbook Glyph
WEBMay 7, 2024 · The first humans arrived in Tonga around 1000 B.C. The islands’ politics were probably highly centralized under the Tu’i Tonga, or Tongan king, by A.D. 950, and by 1200, the Tu’i Tonga had expanded his influence throughout Polynesia and into Melanesia and Micronesia. The Tongan Empire began to decline in the 1300s, descending into civil ...
History of Tonga | People, Culture, Independence, Maps, & Facts
WEBJan 15, 2022 · Tonga is a member of the Commonwealth and of the United Nations. Tonga was first inhabited about 3,000 years ago by Austronesian-speaking people of the Lapita culture, best known from their elaborately decorated pottery. From at least the 10th century ce Tonga was ruled by a line of sacred kings and queens, the Tu‘i Tonga.
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than …
WEBNov 20, 2022 · SCIENCE. Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than we knew. The ferocious 2021 explosion blew out 2.3 cubic miles of rock, unleashing a 35-mile-high plume and a global...
Here’s What Scientists Know About the Tonga Volcano Eruption
WEBPublished Jan. 19, 2022 Updated Jan. 21, 2022. 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 Leer en español. While residents of Tonga struggle to recover from a devastating volcanic explosion that smothered the Pacific...
The Tonga eruption explained, from tsunami warnings to sonic …
WEBJanuary 15, 2022. • 12 min read. Just a few weeks ago, a submarine volcano identifiable by two small uninhabitable islands in the Kingdom of Tonga began to erupt. Its outburst initially seemed...
Tonga country profile - BBC News
WEBAug 23, 2023 · A group of more than 170 islands spread over an area of the South Pacific roughly the size of Japan, Tonga is the last Polynesian monarchy. A deeply conservative, Christian country, Tonga voted...
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