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2022 In Tonga
Events in the year 2022 in Tonga. Incumbents * List of monarchs of Tonga, Monarch: Tupou VI * Prime Minister of Tonga, Prime Minister: Siaosi Sovaleni Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga * 14 January – 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami: The Hunga Tonga, an undersea volcano, erupts, sending ash and steam 20 kilometers into the air. The government of Tonga issues a tsunami warning and advises people in all islands of Tonga to avoid the coasts. * 15 January – List of monarchs of Tonga, King Tupou VI is evacuated from the Royal Palace, Tonga, Royal Palace by His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga), His Majesty's Armed Forces as ashfall from the Hunga Tonga eruption destroys homes and causes the evacuation of citizens to higher ground. * 16 January – Earth observation satellite, Satellite imagery of Hunga Tonga shows that most of the volcanic island was destroyed by the eruption. * 2 February – Tonga enters a nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns, lockdown after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. according to Johnson's Tribune, Tonga has a population of 104,494, 70% of whom reside on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west, Niue (the nearest foreign territory) to the east and Kermadec (New Zealand) to the southwest. Tonga is about from New Zealand's North Island. Tonga was first inhabited roughly 2,500 years ago by the Lapita civilization, Polynesian settlers who gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity, language, and culture as the Tongan people. They quickly established a powerful footing across the South Pacific, and this period of Tong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |