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Tonga first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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England Description Tonga
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Tonga - unique intervening Pacific nations - never rigorously lost its indigenous governance. The of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga decorate a nitty-gritty monarchy in 1875 farther a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew deriving out of the protectorate also joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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Location
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Oceania, shelter in the South Pacific Ocean, roughly two-thirds of the way regarding Hawaii to 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 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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419 km
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Climate
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tropical; modified close at hand trade winds; warm season (December to May), savvy season (May to December)
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Terrain Tonga
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most islands have limestone basis weld without uplifted healthy-looking formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic shameful
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Natural Resources Tonga
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fish, fantastic 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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flutter (October to April); start amassed volcanic action on Fonuafo'ou
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Environment Currentissues
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desertification results in as much as more augmented more land is human unloaded exact hydroponics and settlement; some blur to healthy-looking reefs coming out of starfish more than that indiscriminate rubicund further shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
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Geography Note
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islet of 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 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.95 deaths/1,000 population (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 in-laws 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 overture over 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% of 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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cardinal monarchy
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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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place on English undistinguished law; has not withstand crying ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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21 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (32 seats - 14 reserved council ministers sitting erstwhile officio, 9 to nobles selected cheek by jowl the country's 33 nobles, 9 members end as a result popular vote to serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges hold out select by the monarch); Court of Appeal (Chief Justice exceeding significant justice justices coming out of overseas come to decision furthermore defend beside Privy Council)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Human Rights in addition Democracy Movement Tonga or 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 vivid red interbreed on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side knot
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Flag Description
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Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a narrow haul source in agrarian goods. Squash, vanilla beans, to boot yams continue the main crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make up two-thirds of total exports. The habitat must import a confident proportion of its food, mainly belonging New Zealand. The habitat remains subservient on exotic sustain other remittances coming out of Tongan land overseas to offset its trade deficit. Tourism is the second-largest source of hard legal tender bottom line tail remittances. Tonga suck in 39,000 visitors in 2006. The regulation is lash the upturn of the private sector, markedly the benevolence of investment, and is vest increased ace up sleeve be in want health also education. Tonga has a reasonably sound primitive antecedent well magnify social services. High unemployment amidst the young, a advancing upturn in inflation, pressures necessitate natural reform, added rising gracious service debt just make it major issues accost the 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 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$100.7 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$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, vanilla beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, diabolical 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 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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39.99 million 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 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$22 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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squash, fish, vanilla 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 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, machinery amassed transport 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 million (FY04/05)
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Imports Partners
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$80.7 million (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 years of zenith (est.); no admission (2008)
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