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Nuku'alofa

Oceania

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
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+13:00 2
Connections

Capital Of

Tonga, Countries

Nuku'alofa is the capital of Tonga.

Source Nuku'alofa (Wikipedia)
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Site Of

Court of Appeal of Tonga

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Court of Appeal, Ministry of Justice of Tonga, Internet Archive copy of justice.gov.toAbout the Court of Appeal, sessions held at Nuku’alofa (seat)
Quote, About the Court of Appeal, sessions held at Nuku’alofa (seat)
The Court of Appeal sits at Nuku’alofa twice a year for up to two weeks each session.
Sources
1. Nuku'alofa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • 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.
  • In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Nuku‘alofa - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 4032402
    -21.13683 -175.20114 P PPLC TO 02 11 22400 1 Pacific/Tongatapu
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -21.25, -175.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -21.25, -175.25
-21.25 -175.25 Af
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Wikidata: Nuku'alofa
Wikidata Q38834, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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