Tonga

Tonga

Tonga ranks 181st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mauritius, Isle of Man, and Eritrea. Memorable people born in present day Tonga include George Tupou V, Tupou VI, and Sālote Tupou III. Memorable people who died in Tonga include George Tupou I, and George Tupou II. Tonga has been the birth place of many politicians, and noblemen and the death place of many politicians.

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about 750 km2 (290 sq mi), scattered over 700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of 2021, according to Johnson's Tribune, Tonga has a population of 104,494, 70% of whom reside on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately 800 km (500 mi) north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west, Niue to the east and Kermadec to the southwest. Tonga is about 1,800 km (1,100 mi) from New Zealand's North Island. Read more on Wikipedia