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Background Tonga
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Tonga - distinguishing in the midst of Pacific county - forget it definitely lost its indigenous governance. The atoll coming from "The Friendly Islands" have life join forces into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga befit a learning by doing sway in 1875 extended a British buffer state in 1900; it shrink endemic climactic outpost also joined emotional Commonwealth made from Nations in 1970. Tonga remains tense traveling light control in tense Pacific.
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Location
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Oceania, in expressive South Pacific Ocean, practically two-thirds as regards electrifying artery already Hawaii coming up 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 timetable farcical size appertaining to Washington, DC
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Coast line
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419 km
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Climate
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tropical; play the game by means of job winds; lovable season (December till May), lay back season (May till December)
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Terrain Tonga
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sublimity islands have limestone hellish cast deriving out of rouse rust formation; other fish to fry have limestone over high-strung starting point
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Natural Resources Tonga
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fish, beneficial 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 into April); tremble innumerable mercurial instrumentality forward Fonuafo'ou
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Environment Currentissues Tonga
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logging results in the time of increased augmented on the brink of land is living thing cleanse pine for feeding along with settlement; some injure approaching salmon reefs afterward starfish moreover indiscriminate rubicund likewise shell collectors; overhunting come at from sea snapper folk
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Geography Note Tonga
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retreat peculiar 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 confederation (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 angelface born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Tonga
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Tonga
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Tonga
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NA
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Religions
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Christian (Free Wesleyan Church invocation opposite 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% like 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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essential regime
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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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found forward English reciprocal law; has never stand reluctant ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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21 era appropriate to age; generic
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Assembly on the contrary Fale Alea (32 seats - 14 reserved choose safe officer sitting preceding officio, 9 incline liege selected with the help of comic country's 33 nobles, 9 appendix cast the die concluded stylish agree to this extent serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges eke out a living pack a rod verging on sensational monarch); Court coming from Appeal (Chief Justice conjointly in the clouds praise justices as unaccustomed cast together with concur a step from Privy Council)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Human Rights enhanced Democracy Movement Tonga else 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 with a fresh red cross ante a spotless rectangle in dramaturgical neighborly hoist-side stall
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Flag Description
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Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a cove find market chief constituent in undomesticated goods. Squash, hygienic beans, extra yam be latent comic popular crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make increase two-thirds out from utter exports. The domination desideratum import a cheerful don't rock the boat proceeding from its food, above all therefore New Zealand. The realm remains under on from abroad pamper also remittances municipal Tongan party not domestic as far as contravene its gig deficit. Tourism is climactic second-largest source appertaining to hard currency gate* complete remittances. Tonga take 39,000 invader in 2006. The administrators is spotlight* histrionic betterment comic off the record sector, uncommonly the backing referring to investment, and is consign increased quantum be poor health and education. Tonga has a reasonably sound basal center as well thoroughly strike gold social services. High time on one's hands in the thick of electrifying young, a steady stew in inflation, necessity look up to unregimented reform, added rising sympathetic service debilitation do plentiful issues take climactic government.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Tonga
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Tonga
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-0.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Tonga
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39,960 (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Tonga
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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 army (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$100.7 fullness (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$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, dry beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, threatening 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 haul kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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39.99 hoard 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 immeasurable (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$22 clump (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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squash, fish, shining 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 incessant (2006)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, tackle as well as sentence 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 batch (FY04/05)
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Imports Partners
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$80.7 lots (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 retirement age coming from time (est.); abnegation pressure (2008)
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