Fonoifua is an island 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 ...

. Among neighbouring islands are

Kelefesia Kelefesia (also: Falafagea, Fallafajea, Kelifijia) is an island in the Haʻapai Archipelago, that belongs to the Kingdom of Tonga. Among neighboring islands are Nukutula, Nomuka, Tonumea, Fonoifua, Telekitonga, Fetokopunga, Nukufaiau. Geogra ...

Nukutula Nukutula is an island in the Haʻapai Archipelago, belonging to the Kingdom of Tonga. Among neighboring islands are Telekitonga, Kelefesia, Nomuka, Tonumea, Fonoifua. Geography Nukutula is a wooded sand cay, 18 feet high, lying on a reef ab ...

Tonumea Tonumea (also: Tanumea, Tonomaia, Tonumeia) is an island in the Haʻapai archipelago that belongs to the Kingdom of Tonga. Among neighboring islands are Telekitonga, Nukutula, Kelefesia, Nomuka Nomuka is a small island in the southern part of ...

Nomuka Nomuka is a small island in the southern part of the Haʻapai, Haapai group of islands in Tonga. It is part of the Nomuka Group of islands, also called the Otu Muomua. Among neighboring islands are Kelefesia, Nukutula, Tonumea, Fonoifua, Telekit ...

, Telekitonga.

History

Fonoifua was heavily affected by the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami. ''

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'' reported that all structures on the island were destroyed except for two houses.

Demographics

At the 2021 census the island had 69 inhabitants.

References

Islands of Tonga {{Tonga-geo-stub