ʻUiha is an island in
Lifuka
Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located within the Haʻapai group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa.
It is the administrative centre of the Haʻapai group of islands with Pangai ...
district, in the
Haʻapai
Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs, and shoals in the central part of Tonga. It has a combined land area of . The Tongatapu island group lies to its south, and the Vavaʻu group lies to its north. Seventeen of the Haʻapai islands are ...
islands of
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...
. It had a population of 638 in 2006 and an area of . The island has two villages, ʻUiha and Felemea.
During the summer of 1863 islanders ambushed the slave ship margarita during a blackbirding expedition.
In September 2022 the island's electricity system was transition from a diesel generator to a solar-battery system with diesel backup.
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See also
* List of islands and towns in Tonga
The following list gives all islands and cities (villages and hamlets) in Tonga in alphabetical order with many local areas and nicknames as well. Coordinates are given for the centre of each place. All place names are given in the Tongan language ...
References
Islands of Tonga
Haʻapai
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