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Oceania > Tonga > Geography

TONGAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
four times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places
four times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 718 sq km [181st of 236]
    (per capita) 7.066 sq km per 1,000 people ... [143rd of 201]
Area > Total 748 sq km [192nd of 248]
    (per capita) 7.466 sq km per 1,000 people ... [146th of 193]
Area > Water 30 sq km [137th of 237]
    (per capita) 256.584 sq km per 1 million peo [72nd of 225]
Capital city with population Nuku'alofa - 34,000
Climate
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
Coastline 419 km [121st of 249]
    (per capita) 3,583.616 km per 1 million people [32nd of 230]
Elevation extremes > Highest point
unnamed location on Kao Island 1,033 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Pacific Ocean 0 m
Forested Land 5.5% [161st of 193]
Geographic coordinates 20 00 S, 175 00 W
Geography > Note
archipelago of 169 islands (36 inhabited)
Land area > sq. km 720 km² ... [178th of 206]
    (per capita) 7.037 km² per 1,000 people ... [144th of 206]
Land use > Arable land 20 % [58th of 241]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga

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