Transport in Tonga
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Transport in Tonga includes road, air and water-based infrastructure. There are 680 km of
highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...
s in Tonga, of which 184 km are paved, and there are a number of air and seaports. There are three
harbour A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be Mooring, moored. The t ...
s in Tonga: Neiafu, Nukualofa and
Pangai Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haʻapai group in Tonga. Town The village is on the western shore of Lifuka and has a population of 1,026. The village center is around the Catholic Church (''Siasi Katolika'')merchant marine, the country possesses seven ships that exceed 1,000 GT, whose masses combined total 17,760 GT. By type, there is one bulk ship, two cargo ships, two liquefied gas ships, one petroleum tanker and
roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, Trailer (vehicle), trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their ...
ship, the MV ‘Otuanga’ofa. By 1999 estimates, there are six airports in Tonga. Of these, only Fuaamotu International Airport on
Tongatapu Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukuʻalofa, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% o ...
has paved runways. Of the remaining airports, one has runways exceeding length 1,524 m, two have runways longer than 914 m, with the remaining two having runways shorter than 914 m. There was formerly a railway in Nuku'alofa, but it no longer exists. Currently, Bajaj RE and
Bajaj Qute The Bajaj Qute (known as Bajaj RE60 during its unveiling in 2012) is a Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive, four-passenger India-classified quadricycle (similar category to the Quadricycle (EU vehicle classificat ...
are used in Nuku'alofa as
taxi A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a Driving, driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of thei ...
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{{Commons category, Transport in Tonga