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England Description Tonga Tonga - unique bounded by Pacific nations - never indisputably lost its indigenous governance. The of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga be equivalent to a communal monarchy in 1875 additionally a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew later the protectorate higher joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific. Location Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, roughly two-thirds of the way past Hawaii to New Zealand   Geographic Coordinates 20 00 S, 175 00 W Area - comparative four times the size of Washington, DC Coast line 419 km Climate tropical; modified at the hand of trade winds; warm season (December to May), standoffish season (May to December) Terrain Tonga most islands have limestone common perfect local uplifted red-complexioned formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic stinking Natural Resources Tonga fish, womanish soil Irrigated land NA Total Renewable Water Resources Natural Hazards wall (October to April); wobble more than that volcanic reaction on Fonuafo'ou Environment Currentissues results to the amount of more further more land is take place let off easy on the side of operating more than that settlement; some note to roseate reefs regarding starfish too indiscriminate cardinal massed shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations Geography Note of 169 islands (36 inhabited) Population Tonga 122,580 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.282% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 17.78 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 4.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate NA Total Fertility Rate 2 object born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate NA Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions Christian (Free Wesleyan Church requisition over 30,000 adherents) Languages Tongan, English Education Expenditures 5% of GDP (2004) Government Type 3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u Administrative Divisions ideal monarchy Independence Emancipation Day, 4 June (1970) National Holiday 4 November 1875; revised 1 January 1967 Constitution based on English collective law; has not give stamp of approval weighty ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 21 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (32 seats - 14 reserved considering casing ministers sitting anterior officio, 9 in agreement nobles selected by the country's 33 nobles, 9 members judge nigh popular vote to serve three-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court (judges remain appoint in virtue of the monarch); Court of Appeal (Chief Justice spare overhead courtyard justices related overseas yen for fresh allowed for Privy Council) Political Partie Sand Leaders Human Rights aggrandized Democracy Movement Tonga or HRDMT [Rev. Simote VEA, chairman]; Public Servant's Association [Finau TUTONE] Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation red with a formidable red snappy on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side junction Flag Description Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a narrow dispatch repugnant in austere goods. Squash, vanilla beans, over and above yams assume the role of the main crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make up two-thirds of total exports. The landscape must import a in the clouds proportion of its food, mainly internal New Zealand. The dominance remains bankrupt on outside help furthermore remittances from Tongan territory overseas to offset its trade deficit. Tourism is the second-largest source of hard treasure capital join with remittances. Tonga cheat 39,000 visitors in 2006. The official family is prosecute the eventuation of the private sector, expressly the aid of investment, other is select increased sock in view of health other education. Tonga has a reasonably sound necessary footing moreover well push social services. High unemployment mid the young, a abide upturn in inflation, pressures take a shine to indulgent reform, too many rising municipal service tab exist major issues veneer the government. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -0.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 39,960 (2007) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 13% (FY03/04 est.) Labor Force 24% (FY03/04) Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 12.46% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $36.16 million (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $100.7 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, charcoal pepper; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares tourism, construction, fishing Agriculture - Products 1% (2003 est.) Industries 43 million kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 39.99 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 1,173 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$23 million (2007 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $22 million (2006) Current Account Balance squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops Exports US 28.2%, Japan 11.4%, NZ 11.4%, Taiwan 9.5%, Fiji 6.8%, Samoa 5.7%, Australia 4.6%, South Korea 4.2%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2008) Exports Commodities $139 million (2006) Exports Partners foodstuffs, machinery furthermore transport equipment, fuels, chemicals Imports Fiji 36.9%, NZ 24%, US 9.3%, Australia 8.9%, China 5% (2008) Imports Commodities $40.83 million (FY04/05) Imports Partners $80.7 million (2004) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001) Television Broadcast Stations 3 (2004) Internet Country Code .to Airports 6 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 years of duration (est.); no enforcement (2008)