Location: Oceania, Polynesia, 2,250 km north-northwest of New Zealand, about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and New Zealand

Map references: Oceania, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:
total area: 748 sq km
land area: 718 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 419 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: not specified
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)

Terrain: most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base

Natural resources: fish, fertile soil

Land use:
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 55%
meadows and pastures: 6%
forest and woodland: 12%
other: 2%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: deforestation
natural hazards: subject to cyclones (October to April)
international agreements: party to - Marine Life Conservation

Note: archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited)

NOTE: The information regarding Tonga on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tonga Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tonga Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.