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Its 171 islands, 45 of them inhabited, [1] are divided into three main groups – Vava'u, Ha'apai, and Tongatapu – and cover an 800-kilometre (500-mile; 430-nautical-mile)-long north–south line. The largest island, Tongatapu , on which the capital city of Nukuʻalofa is located, covers 257 square kilometres (99 sq mi).
Some of the oldest sites pertaining to the first occupants of the Tongan Islands are found on Tongatapu which is also where the first Lapita ceramics were found by WC McKern in 1921. [6] Nonetheless, reaching the Tongan islands (without Western navigational tools and techniques) was a remarkable feat accomplished by the Lapita peoples.
The Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (Tongan: Paati Temokalati ʻa e ʻOtu Motu ʻAngaʻofa) is a political party in Tonga. The party's leader at its foundation was 'Akilisi Pohiva. The party was launched in September 2010, and included several sitting People's Representatives who were part of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement. [2]
The islands are also known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain Cook on his first visit in 1773. He happened to arrive at the time of the ʻinasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits to the Tu'i Tonga , the islands' paramount chief, and was invited to the festivities.
MV ʻOtu Angaʻofa ("friendly islands") [1] is an inter-island ferry which has operated in Tonga since 2010. It replaced MV Princess Ashika, which had sunk on 5 August 2009, with 74 people lost at sea. MV ʻOtu Angaʻofa was built in Japan and was paid for by the Japanese government at a cost of US$16 million. [2]
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In the 2017 general election, the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI) was the only one represented in the Legislative Assembly, obtaining 14 of the 17 seats reserved for the popular vote. For this reason, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva remained in the post of Prime Minister , until his death in 2019.
Lifuka Island map A church on Lifuka that had its roof torn off by Cyclone Ian in January 2014.. Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga.It is located within the Haʻapai Group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa.