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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.
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119,009 |
$2,176.21 per capita |
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Nuku'alofa - 34,000 |
Nuku'alofa - 34,000 |
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Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga |
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