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Map of diplomatic missions of Tonga. This is a list of diplomatic missions of Tonga.Tonga is a small island kingdom in Polynesia.About half of its 200,000 citizens live abroad (chiefly in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, and also as merchant seamen), and the portion of its national income derived through expatriate remittances is one of the highest in the world.
Tonga (/ ˈ t ɒ ŋ ə / TONG-ə, / ˈ t ɒ ŋ ɡ ə / ⓘ TONG-gə; [a] Tongan:), officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. [1]
The number was especially notable in the 80's and 90's. In the last decade, over 1,900 Tongans have emigrated to the United States due to limited land availability and a scarcity of jobs in their home country. [4] By 1980, 6,200 people of this origin were living in the US, and by in 1990 that number had increased to 17,600. [5]
The Vatsonga people are native to Southern Africa (Parts of South Africa and Mozambique). [1] One of the earliest reputable written accounts of the Tsonga people is by Henri Philipe (HP) Junod titled " Matimu ya Vatsonga 1498–1650 " which was formally published in 1977, and it speaks of the earliest Tsonga kingdoms.
The Tonga language of Zambia is spoken by about 1.38 million people in Zambia and 137,000 in Zimbabwe; it is an important lingua franca in parts of those countries and is spoken by members of other ethnic groups as well as the Tonga. [6] (The Malawian Tonga language is classified in a different zone of the Bantu languages.)
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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Tonga. There are currently 6 diplomatic missions in Nukuʻalofa , (not including honorary consulates). Embassies/High Commissions in Nuku’alofa
Tonga does not currently observe daylight saving time, though they did in the Southern Hemisphere summers between 1992 and 2002 as well as the 2016—2017 summer, utilising UTC+14:00. UTC+14:00 is the earliest time zone on Earth and so, when using daylight saving time , Tonga was one of the first regions of Earth to bring in a new year .