KINGDOM OF TONGA
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Outline
§1)Geography
§2)History
§3)Politics
§4)Economy
§5)Demography
§6)Interesting facts
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1) Geography
§South Pacific Ocean
§176 islands, 36 inhabited, 748 km²
§Vava´u, Ha'apai , Tongatapu,
§    ´Eua, Niuas
§national capital: Nuku´alofa
§subtropical climate
§limestone base
§cyclones , earthquakes and volcanic activity
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2) History
§Name - from the word Tongahahako
§The first settlers – Lapita people  (1000 B.C.)
§17th century – first European explorers
§1773 James Cook – the Friendly Islands
§19th century – civil war
§1845 – Tonga united into a kingdom
§1900-1970 – a British protected state
§1970 till now – Commonwealth of Nations
Flag of Tonga

3) Politics
§constitutional monarchy
§George Tupou V (from 2006)
§powerful nobles X rest of the country
§inequality between men and women
§pro-democracy movement
§supported US action in Iraq
§mid-2003 – licensing and limiting
§    freedom of the press
§commoner = občan
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4) Economy
§large non monetary sector
§ monetary sector – nobles and royals
§dependence  on population living abroad
§plantation and subsistence agriculture
§Development plans: growing private sector, developing tourism,…
§monetary = peněžní
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5) Demography
§70%  - on Tongatapu
§98% Tongan people, 1,9% Europeans, 0,1 Chinese
§Methodists, Catholic minority
§Tongan language, English
§    Hi=Malo e lelei; Yes=Io; Bye= Alu a
§70% of Tongan women (15-85)
§    are obese
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6) Interesting facts
§average annual growth of population = 2,0%
§Tongan king – the world´s heaviest monarch (160 kg)
§Niuafo´ou island = Can island
§significant dispersion in other countries
§achievements in rugby
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Summary
§kingdom in the south Pacific Ocean
§firstly settled – 1000 B.C.
§constitutional monarchy
§income dependant on support from abroad
§most of the pop. – on the main island Tongatapu
§the world´s fattest population
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