What the records say
- When
- 1970
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Tonga
- Coordinates
- 21.21° S, 175.16° W
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 87406
- Area km2
- 700
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Tonga
Country in Oceania
Tonga, officially known as 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 750 km2 (290 sq mi), scattered over 700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of September 2026, Tonga has a population of 103,291, 70% of whom live on the main island, Tongatapu.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation