Tongatapu Island (Tonga)

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Name (Hebrew)
נוקואלופה (אי) (טונגה)
Name (Latin)
Tongatapu Island (Tonga)
Other forms of name
Tongatabu Island (Tonga)
Coordinates
-175.1530556 -175.1530556 -21.21138889 -21.21138889 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Tonga
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q620452
Library of congress: sh 95007520
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 95-41374: Morton, H. Becoming Tongan, 1996.
  • Lippincott(Tongatabu (Tongatapu))
  • Natl. Geog. atlas.
  • Old cat. heading(Tongatapu Island, Tonga)
  • Web. geog.

Wikipedia description:

Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukuʻalofa. Approximately 260 square kilometres (100 square miles) in size, it is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name and it is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016) or roughly 70.5% of the total population. Tongatapu has experienced more rapid economic development than the other islands of Tonga, and has become a business, trade and labor center of the country.

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