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Tonga

Location S Pacific Ocean, E of Fiji, S of Samoa
Latitude and longitude  20 00 S, 175 00 W
Sovereignty Independent
United Nations member? Yes
Political status notes Officially, "Kingdom of Tonga"; once known as the Friendly Islands
Population  101,991
Census notes 2006
Land area in square kilometers 649
Capital  Nuku'alofa

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Constitution of Tonga, from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law

Other legal documents online

Tongan Law, a collection of statutes, laws, judicial decisions and other materials from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law
Local Fishing Regulations 1995 (PDF)
Fisheries Conservation and Management Regulations 1993 (PDF)
Tonga fisheries regulations (PDF), from the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Sources and other useful websites

Country profile: Tonga, from the BBC News
Finding Tonga, from David Stanley’s South Pacific Organizer
Fishery Country Profile—The Kingdom of Tonga, from the Food and Agriculture Organization
Government of the Kingdom of Tonga
Independent States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Kingdom of Tonga, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Island Populations 2011 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 80K)
Tonga, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific
Tonga, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk
Tonga, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2002)
Tonga, map and basic demographic and economic data from the South Pacific Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of the University of the South Pacific
United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country Profile: Tonga
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

Selected articles on law and political status

Core Issues of Land Tenure: Tonga, by Paula F. Moala, working draft presented to the FAO/USP/RICS Foundation South Pacific Land Tenure Conflict Symposium at the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, April 10 -12, 2002 (PDF 120K)

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