Place:Tonga

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Place Information
Name
Tonga
Alternate names
Friendly Islands     (Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1219)
Kingdom of Tonga     (NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998))
Pule 'Anga Tonga     (Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 940)
Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga     (Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 714; Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 730)
Tonga Islands     (Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1219)
Type
Country
Coordinates
20°S 175°W
Contained Places

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'Eua
Ha'apai
Niuas
Tongatapu
Vava'u
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Niuafo'ou
Niuatoputapu
Nuku'alofa
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan for "south"), is an independent archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. It lies about a third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa and east of Fiji.

The islands are also known as the Friendly Islands, the name given by Captain Cook because of the friendly reception he received. He happened to arrive at the time of inasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits to the and was invited to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner, in reality the chiefs had wanted to kill Cook during the gathering, but had been unable to agree on a plan.

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