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Nuku'alofa

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Nuku'alofa is the capital and largest city of Tonga, on the northern coast of Tongatapu. It hosts the national government, parliament and royal palace, and was formalized as the capital in 1875 after first being recorded in 1810. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
27,600 1
2022 figure (city), from Nuku'alofa's own Wikipedia infobox; the wider metropolitan area is given separately as 74,454.
Area (sq km)
19 1
Founding Year
1875 1
1875 is the year Nuku'alofa was formalized as Tonga's capital, the date the infobox itself gives; the settlement was first recorded in 1810.
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Latitude
21.1333 degrees south 1
Longitude
175.2 degrees west 1
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Capital Of

Tonga, Countries

Nuku'alofa is the capital of Tonga.

Source Nuku'alofa (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Nuku'alofa (Wikipedia)
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  • Infobox, population
    27,600 (2022, city)
  • Infobox, area
    19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    21°8′0″S 175°12′0″W
  • Infobox, founded
    first recorded 1810, formalized as capital 1875
  • Introduction
    Nuku'alofa is the capital and largest city of Tonga.
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