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Interesting Facts about Tonga

  • Country : TONGA 🇹🇴
  • Capital : Nuku'alofa
  • Continent : Oceania
  • Currency : Pa'anga
  • Language Spoken : Tongan and English

1. Tonga issued the world’s first self adhesive stamps in 1963.

2. 90% population are over weight

3. It’s illegal to conduct business, play sport or even do chores on a Sunday.

4. Years ago, the island did not have any postal service so to receive any mails/supplies from outside world. So a swimmer would swim out to ships that would throw mail stuffed in a biscuit tin for the swimmer to retrieve

5.There is a disappearing island in Tonga. This island is called Fonuafo’ou which means “New Island” In 1894, the island went missing but reappeared again two years later before disappearing again.

6.Tonga is a great place to spot humpback whales. The whales migrate from Antarctica to breed in the warmer waters of Tonga from July to October.

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