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What is the land area and population of Tonga?

Tonga's land area is 747 square kilometers? Population104,000.

Tonga, an island country near the equator in the southwest Pacific Ocean, consists of 172 islands of different sizes, most of which are coral islands, located 650 kilometers west of Fiji and 1 770 kilometers southwest of New Zealand. Nuku 'alofa, the capital, is located on Tonga Tabu, the largest island. The land area is 747 square kilometers, and the marine exclusive economic zone covers an area of 700,000 square kilometers.

As of 20 17, the total population of Tonga is 108000. 98% are Tongans, belonging to Polynesian race, and the rest are other Pacific island people, Europeans, Asians and their later businessmen. There are about 800 overseas Chinese. Tongan and English are widely used.

Climatic characteristics:

Tonga has a tropical rainforest climate, with dry season from May to August and rainy season from 65438+February to April. Controlled by the equatorial ocean air mass all the year round, the wind is weak and the seasonal phase remains unchanged. It's basically sultry and sunny every morning, and then the cumulus clouds accumulate thicker and thicker. It rained cats and dogs in the afternoon, and it was a little cold after the rain, and it was the same the next day.