TONGA TONGA REGION OCEANIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JUNE 4 1970 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 4 1875 REVISED JANUARY 1 1967 POPULATION 109082 1999 EST AREA 290 SQ MI CAPITAL NUKU'ALOFA FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES TOURISM FISHING HANDICRAFTS AGRICULTURE COCONUTS BANANAS VANILLA SPICES NATURAL RESOURCES FISH CURRENCY PA'ANGA GDP 232 MILLION 1997 98 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2100 1997 98 EST LANGUAGES TONGAN ENGLISH BOTH ARE OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLIC MORMON FREE CHURCH OF TONGA CHURCH OF TONGA LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 68 YEARS MALE 72 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 26 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
