Tonga is? The first country in the world to welcome the sun? . Tonga, full name? Kingdom of Tonga? (Kingdom of Tonga), belonging to Oceania, is located near the equator in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is an island country consisting of 173 islands, 36 of which are inhabited, most of which are coral islands.
The Kingdom of Tonga (English: Tonga for short) belongs to Oceania, which is located in the west of the South Pacific Ocean and west of the international international date line. It is an island country consisting of 65,438+073 islands, 36 of which are inhabited, most of which are coral islands. Tonga is 650km west of Fiji and southwest of New Zealand1770km. As of 20 17, Tongan language and English are widely used in Tonga with a population of 108000 [1]. Nuku 'alofa, the capital, is located on Tonga Tabu, the largest island. The land area is 747 square kilometers, and the marine exclusive economic zone covers an area of 700,000 square kilometers. 1845, the kingdom of Tonga was formed by the union of several islands. Since 1875, it has been a constitutional monarchy. 1900 became a British protectorate. 1970 became independent on June 4, and became a member of the Commonwealth and the United NationsNo. 188. On July 29th, 2008, King Tupou V of Tonga said that he would hand over power to the National Assembly, give up power and move towards democracy, but still retain the constitutional monarchy. He is the only country in the South Pacific that maintains a monarchy.
Tonga, also known as the Friendship Islands, belongs to Oceania. Located in the west of South Pacific, west of international date line, 650km west of Fiji and1770km southwest of New Zealand. The land area is 747 square kilometers and the water area is 259,000 square kilometers. Tonga is 98% Tongan, belonging to Polynesian race, and the rest are other Pacific island people, Europeans, Asians and their descendants. There are about 2000 overseas Chinese. Tonga's north-south line extends about 800 kilometers (500 miles). It is surrounded by Fiji, wallis islands and Futuna Islands (France) in the northwest, Samoa in the northeast, Niue (the nearest foreign territory) in the east, Kemadek Island (a part of New Zealand) and New Caledonia (France) in the southwest, and Vanuatu in the west. It is about 1 0,800 kilometers (1, 100 miles) from North Island of New Zealand. ?
Tonga is called in the west? Friendship islands? Because he was warmly received by Captain james cook when he first visited him on 1773. He comes to Indonesia Festival every year and donates the first batch of fruits to Tuitang (the supreme chief of these islands), so he is invited to celebrate. Therefore, the first country in the world that can see the sun rising is also very friendly, and tourists from all over the world will come here to play.