The Kingdom of Tonga is located in the western South Pacific, west of the International Date Line, and bordering Fiji to the west. It is composed of the three archipelagos of Tongatab, Wawau and Hapai and the small islands of Ewa and Niua.
The land area is 747 square kilometers, the marine exclusive economic zone covers an area of 700,000 square kilometers, and the capital is Nuku'alofa. The population is 104,000 (2019), 98% Tongan, of polynesian ethnicity, the rest are other Pacific islanders, Europeans, Asians and their descendants.
1. Tongan is spoken in Tongan and English. Tonga belongs to the Malay-Polynesian language family of the Austronesian language family.
Tongans
2. Tonga is the only monarchy in the Pacific island region. Society is divided into three classes: royalty, nobility and commoners.
King Tupou VI of Tonga
3. Tonga is located in Oceania, near the equator in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean, on the west side of the International Date Line, and is the first country in the world to start the day.
4, this is a country where fat is beautiful! Tonga people, young and old, regard obesity as a measure of "beauty".
5, Tonga has no railway, the road mileage is short. Vehicles drive on the left, the speed limit is low, and the speed is strictly monitored.
6. After the Chinese driver's license has been translated and notarized by the domestic foreign-related notary office, it is usually possible to apply for a temporary driver's license in Tonga.
7, Tonga voltage is 230V, most of the international is 220V.
8. The Kingdom of Tonga has a small population and no large-scale army, so it has only more than 600 officers and soldiers in the whole country.
9. Tonga is a tropical rainforest with a dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to April. The exact opposite of our country.
10. Tonga is one of the few countries in the world where you can experience swimming with whales, and every year the most pristine "dance with whales" is staged.
11, Tonga, this is a strange island country, men and women do not wear pants, they love to wear skirts.
12. The flag of the Kingdom of Tonga, like Switzerland, has the Catholic Red Cross on it. Red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and the cross represents Christianity.
13. Tonga Pahanga is the legal tender of the Kingdom of Tonga, not floating, and is linked to a basket of currencies, including the Australian dollar, new Zealand dollar, dollar and Japanese yen.
14. Most of the residents of Tonga believe in Christian Wesleyanism, which is one of the seven major denominations of Protestant Christianity. The sect was originally a faction of the Anglican church, and its prototype was the "Oxford Holy Society" organized by Wesley.
Wesley
15. Tongan citizens enjoy free medical treatment, while foreign citizens need to pay for medical treatment.