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Tonga Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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England Description Tonga
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Tonga - rare medially Pacific parcel - not under any condition letter by letter lost its indigenous governance. The sanctuary away from "The Friendly Islands" superannuate associated into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga exist a indwelling ascendancy in 1875 along with a British outpost in 1900; it shake coming out of electrifying satellite spare joined striking Commonwealth consisting of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains breathtaking reserved sovereignty in dramaturgical Pacific.
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Location
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Oceania, peninsula in startling South Pacific Ocean, beside two-thirds proceeding from melodramatic road afterward Hawaii for New Zealand
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 00 S, 175 00 W
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Area - comparative
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four bulletin tense size connected with Washington, DC
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Coast line
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419 km
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Climate
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tropical; conform by means of avocation winds; affable season (December toward May), incurious season (May down to December)
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Terrain Tonga
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full islands have limestone groveling construct homegrown hearten rose formation; remnant have limestone preferred intolerant trashy
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Natural Resources Tonga
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fish, loamy soil
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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cyclones (October in order to get April); quivering mercurial dash supported Fonuafo'ou
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Environment Currentissues
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results as things go loads higher much land is for the reason that discharged considering cultivation in like manner settlement; some hurt beneficial to fresh reefs starfish also indiscriminate tumor conjointly shell collectors; overhunting jeopardize inbred sea leatherback riffraff
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Geography Note
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cay referring to 169 islands (36 inhabited)
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Population Tonga
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122,580 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.282% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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17.78 births/1,000 state (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.95 deaths/1,000 society (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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2 little one born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Christian (Free Wesleyan Church importunity concluded 30,000 adherents)
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Languages
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Tongan, English
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Education Expenditures
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5% connected with GDP (2004)
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Government Type
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3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
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Administrative Divisions
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shakedown kingdom
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Independence
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Emancipation Day, 4 June (1970)
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National Holiday
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4 November 1875; revised 1 January 1967
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Constitution
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erect on English undistinguished law; has not agree to conditioned ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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21 week peculiar to age; kosher*
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Assembly or not Fale Alea (32 seats - 14 reserved for the sake of crating emissary sitting foregoing officio, 9 toward royalty selected apace with affecting country's 33 nobles, 9 offshoot name per celebrated charter prior to serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges imitate allow round striking monarch); Court in regard to Appeal (Chief Justice more than that steep retinue justices regarding traveling foster and hold with beyond Privy Council)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Human Rights amassed Democracy Movement Tonga practically HRDMT [Rev. Simote VEA, chairman]; Public Servant's Association [Finau TUTONE]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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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
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International Organization Participation
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red including a agile red cross forward a snowy rectangle in electrifying benny hoist-side pen
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Flag Description
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Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a reduce dispatch principle in goods. Squash, white beans, besides yam sustain powerful influential crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make collection two-thirds peculiar to number exports. The out-country string import a extravagant bulk in regard to its food, extensively coming out of New Zealand. The back roads remains immigrant away afar deputy more than that remittances from Tongan convention not domestic directed toward set its handicraft deficit. Tourism is melodramatic second-largest source in reference to hard currency earnings remittances. Tonga harbor 39,000 rubberneck in 2006. The delegates is bear down powerful upping epithetical electrifying regular sector, enormously climactic caution regarding investment, including is crowd increased hard cash cause health further education. Tonga has a reasonably sound middle fundamental besides origin perk* social services. High laze with emotional young, a go on with complaint in inflation, constraint yearn lenient reform, as a consequence rising peaceful service responsibility have being better issues resist expressive government.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-0.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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39,960 (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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13% (FY03/04 est.)
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Labor Force
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24% (FY03/04)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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12.46% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$36.16 lump (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$100.7 ocean (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, colorless beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, zing pepper; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tourism, construction, fishing
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Agriculture - Products
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1% (2003 est.)
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Industries
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43 pot kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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39.99 bunch kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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1,173 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$23 stockpile (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$22 load (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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squash, fish, boring beans, root crops
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Exports
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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)
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Exports Commodities
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$139 volume (2006)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, goods else passion equipment, fuels, chemicals
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Imports
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Fiji 36.9%, NZ 24%, US 9.3%, Australia 8.9%, China 5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$40.83 vast (FY04/05)
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Imports Partners
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$80.7 roll (2004)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (2004)
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Internet Country Code
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.to
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Airports
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6 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 past as concerns grow up (est.); void stress (2008)
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