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Aliases: Friendly Islands, Kingdom of Tonga, Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o TongaObject «Tonga» was created due to
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| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Area | 747 km² |
| Continent | Australia |
| Land area | 717 km² |
| Water area | 30 km² |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Border countries | Add |
| Coastline | 419 km |
| Mean elevation | Add |
| Lowest point | 0 m |
| Highest point | 1,046 m |
| People | |
| Population | 106,095 |
| Official languages |
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| Religion | Protestant |
| Government | |
| Long country name | Kingdom of Tonga |
| Short country name | Tonga |
| Long local name | Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga |
| Short local name | Tonga |
| Former name |
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| Government type | Constitutional monarchy |
| Capital | Nuku'alofa |
| Economy | |
| GDP (PPP) | 591,000,000 USD |
| GDP (OER) | 455,000,000 USD |
| GDP (real growth rate) | 2.5 % |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 5,900 USD |
| Gross national saving | Add |
| Labor force | 33,800 |
| Unemployment rate | 1.1 % |
| Population below poverty line | 22.5 % |
| Budget revenues | 181,200,000 USD |
| Budget expenditures | 181,200,000 USD |
| Military expenditures | Add |
| Taxes and other revenues | 39.8 % of GDP |
| Budget surplus or deficit | 0 % of GDP |
| Public debt | 48 % of GDP |
| Inflation rate | 7.4 % |
| Central bank discount rate | Add |
| Commercial bank prime lending rate | 8 % |
| Stock of narrow money | 130,800,000 USD |
| Stock of broad money | 130,800,000 USD |
| Stock of domestic credit | 139,200,000 USD |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | Add |
| Current account balance | -53,000,000 USD |
| Exports | 18,400,000 USD |
| Imports | 250,200,000 USD |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 198,500,000 USD |
| External debt | 189,900,000 USD |
| National currency | pa'anga |
| National currency (code) | TOP |
| National currency (symbol) | T$ |
| National currency rate to USD | 2.228 |
Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific; in 2008, King George TUPOU V announced he was relinquishing most of his powers leading up to parliamentary elections in 2010. TUPOU died in 2012 and was succeeded by his brother 'Aho'eitu TUPOU VI. Tropical Cyclone Gita, the strongest-ever recorded storm to impact Tonga, hit the islands in February 2018 causing extensive damage.
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