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Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

n history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tonga and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see

History of Tonga The history of Tonga is recorded since the ninth century BC, when seafarers associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands which now make up the Kingdom of Tonga. Along with Fiji and Samoa, the area served as a gateway into the re ...

. See also the

list of monarchs of Tonga This is a list of monarchs of Tonga since 1845, after the Constitution of Tonga established the role of the monarch. The first monarch of Tonga was George Tupou I. 2008 cession of powers Three days before his coronation on 1 August 2008, t ...

and list of prime ministers of Tonga.

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1st to 10th centuries

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21st century

References

*''Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965'' () *Latukefu, S. (1974), ''Church and State in Tonga'', ANU Press, Canberra *Campbell, Ian C; ''Island Kingdom: Tonga Ancient and Modern'', 2001,
"Brief history of the Kingdom of Tonga"
on the website of the Tongan Parliament {{Oceanian topic, prefix=Timeline of, suffix=history, countries_only=yes Years in Tonga Tongan Tonga history-related lists