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Capital:
Nuku'alofa
Area:
750 sq km / 290 sq ml
Language:
Tongan, English
Currency:
Tongan Dollar or Pa'anga
Population:
108,141
Life expectancy:
69 (men), 74 (women)
Literacy rate:
99%
Religions:
Free Wesleyan Church
Physical features:
170 islands, mostly coral formations, in south west Pacific, made up of three groups, 36 inhabitated, actively volcanic in the west
Ethnic distribution:
98% Tongan (Polynesian), with small percentage of Melanesians and Europeans
Exports:
Coconut oil, vanilla beans, watermelons, knitted clothes, yams, tapa cloth, fibreglass boats
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