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Oceania
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Tonga
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Capital city
Nuku'alofa
Prime minister
Feleti Sevele
Procedures to build a warehouse > number
15
...
[107th of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number
30
...
[97th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number
4
...
[138th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
3.3 %
...
[161st of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number
4
...
[161st of 171]
Status
pseudo-democracy
Suffrage
21 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days
81 days
...
[156th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days
510 days
...
[77th of 171]
Time required to register property > days
108 days
...
[38th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days
32 days
...
[96th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
164 hours
...
[116th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years
2.7 years
...
[89th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents
105
...
[69th of 99]
Trademarks, residents
1
...
[67th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
none
UN membership date
14 Sep. 1999
United Nations mission
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16092.htm
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SOURCES:
CIA World Factbook
, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia:
Prime minister
;
World Development Indicators database
;
electionworld.org
;
CIA World Factbook
, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations
World Statistics Pocketbook
and
Statistical Yearbook
; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga
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