Pangai
Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haapai Group in Tonga.
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) 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 styled houses and cemeteries.
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) 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 styled houses and cemeteries.
Map - Pangai
Map
Country - Tonga
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First inhabited roughly 2,500 years ago by the Lapita civilization, Tonga's Polynesian settlers gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity, language, and culture as the Tongan people. They were quick to establish a powerful footing across the South Pacific, and this period of Tongan expansionism and colonization is known as the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. From the rule of the first Tongan king, ʻAhoʻeitu, Tonga grew into a regional power. It was a thalassocracy that conquered and controlled unprecedented swathes of the Pacific, from parts of the Solomon Islands and the whole of New Caledonia and Fiji in the west to Samoa and Niue and even as far as parts of modern-day French Polynesia in the east. Tuʻi Tonga became renowned for its economic, ethnic, and cultural influence over the Pacific, which remained strong even after the Samoan revolution of the 13th century and Europeans' discovery of the islands in 1616.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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TOP | Tongan paʻanga | T$ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
TO | Tongan language |