Angahā is a village on the island of
ʻEua
ʻEua is an island in the kingdom of Tonga. It is close to Tongatapu, but forms a separate administrative division. It has an area of , and a population in 2021 of 4,903 people. The island leads in agriculture, tourism, and some of the forest ...
in
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 is located on the western side of the island. The population is 364.
The village was built in 1948 by people from
Niuafoʻou
Niuafoou (meaning 'many new coconuts') is the northernmost island in the kingdom of Tonga. One of the Niua Islands, it is located in the southern Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa, north of Tongatapu island group and northwest of Vavaʻu. It ...
who had been relocated to ʻEua after a volcanic eruption.
It is named after
Angahā, the chief village of Niuafoʻou.
References
Populated places in ʻEua
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