Pangai is the administrative capital village of the
Haapai Group in
Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
.
Town
The village is on the western shore of
Lifuka
Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located within the Haapai Group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukualofa.
It is the administrative centre of the Haapai group of islands with Pangai being ...
and has a population of 1,026.
The village center is around the Catholic Church (''Siasi Katolika'')
[Ha'apai Pictures - Siasi Church, Pangai Village, Lifuka](_blank)
and Holopeka Road by the harbor. There are only a few shops and markets and one bank.
There are few historic sites besides some churches,
a few
Colonial style
American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian. T ...
d houses and cemeteries.
Ha'apai Pictures - Cemetery of European, Pangai
Transportation
The island's ''Pilolevu'' Airport (Lifuka Island Airport
Lifuka Island Airport , also known as Salote Pilolevu Airport or Haʻapai Airport, is an airport on Lifuka in Tonga. The airport is located north of the capital Panga, and is only served domestically, roughly 40 minutes by flight to Tongatapu an ...
, IATA code
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"HPA") is situated about 5 km north of Pangai.
There is a ferry dock, called the Pangai Ferry Terminal
Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haapai 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'')[Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related Christian denomination, denominations of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John W ...]
missionary Shirley Waldemar Baker
Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836 – 16 November 1903) was a Methodist missionary in Tonga. He was the founder of the Free Church of Tonga and enjoyed significant influence during the reign of George Tupou I, who made him prime minister.
Early ...
, who was prime minister of Tonga under king George Tupou I
George Tupou I (4 December 1797 – 18 February 1893), originally known as Tāufaʻāhau I, was the first king of modern Tonga. He adopted the name Siaosi (originally Jiaoji), the Tongan equivalent of '' George'', after King George III of the ...
, died in Pangai on 16 November 1903. His grave and monument in the cemetery still stand as a tourist attraction.
References
External links
Pictures from Pangai
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Populated places in Haʻapai