Tonga

Tonga
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Tonga is a nation in Oceania. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.

Tongan Polities

• Kingdom of Tonga (From 1970)
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Neighbouring Nations

• Fiji
• New Zealand (Commonwealth realm)
• Samoa

References

• The World Factbook (CIA)
  
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
  
• World Statesmen.org