Tuʻanuku
Tu'anuku is a village on the western part of Vava'u, Tonga. It has several nicknames such as Toa-ko-Tavakefai'ana, Halapukepuke, Hala-siki-'o-Mata'aho and also Uini-e-Ngofe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vaimalo and Falevai.
Vaimalo
Hamlet
Vaimalō, is a village in the western district of Vavaʻu in Tonga. The population is 114. Vaimalo is situated 4 km northeast of Tuʻanuku.
Falevai
Hamlet
Falevai is a settlement in the Vava'u islands in Tonga. The name Falevai, if translated into English means "water house." The name was given because of how the seas and the oceans surrounding the houses. Falevai is situated 5 km south of Tuʻanuku.
Neiafu
Town
Photo: Msdstefan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neiafu is the second-largest town in Tonga with a population of 3,845 in 2021. It is situated beside the Port of Refuge, a deep-water harbour on the south coast of Vavaʻu, the main island of the Vavaʻu archipelago in northern Tonga. Neiafu is situated 5 km east of Tuʻanuku.
Tuʻanuku
- Type: Hamlet with 313 residents
- Also known as: “Tu‘anuku”, “Tu’anuku”, and “Tu`anuku”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vava’u, Tonga, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-18.66422° or 18° 39′ 51″ southLongitude
-174.03079° or 174° 1′ 51″ westPopulation
313Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
52H78XP9+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 2611844809OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4032272Wikidata ID
Q7850468
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tonga—“Tuʻanuku” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tu’anuku”
- Irish: “Tu’anuku”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Tuʻanuku”
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