Muʻa
Muʻa is a small town in the Hahake district on the island of Tongatapu, and it was for centuries the ancient capital of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. It is divided in the villages Lapaha and Tatakamotonga, is close to Talasiu and famous for the ancient langi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 3,900 residents
- Description: small town in the Hahake (eastern) district on the island of Tongatapu, which was for centuries the ancient capital of Tonga
- Also known as: “Moa”, “Mu‘a”, and “Mu’a”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holonga and Nukuleka.
Holonga
Village
Holonga is a small village in the eastern district of Tongatapu in the kingdom of Tonga. It lies between the villages of Malapo and ʻAlakifonua. It had a population of 488 in 2016.
Nukuleka
Village
Nukuleka is a small fishing village on the north-east coast of the island of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. In January 2008, Canadian archaeologist David V. Burley claimed that it was the "cradle of Polynesia". Nukuleka is situated 4 km north of Muʻa.
Malapo
Village
Malapo is a small village in the eastern district of Tongatapu in the kingdom of Tonga. It is located in the fork of the road junction, where the main road to Nukuʻalofa splits into the road to Muʻa and beyond and the road to the airport near Fuaʻamotu. Malapo is situated 4 km southwest of Muʻa.
Muʻa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tongatapu, Tonga, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-21.18421° or 21° 11′ 3″ southLongitude
-175.12217° or 175° 7′ 20″ westPopulation
3,900Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
52C6RV8H+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 3255868009OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4032443Wikidata ID
Q2359181
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Muʻa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موا”
- Chinese: “姆阿”
- Dutch: “Mu’a”
- Finnish: “Mu’a”
- Finnish: “Muʻa”
- French: “Mu’a”
- French: “Muʻa”
- German: “Muʻa”
- Irish: “Mu’a”
- Italian: “Mu’a”
- Lithuanian: “Mu’a”
- Lithuanian: “Mua”
- Polish: “Mu’a”
- Polish: “Muʻa”
- Portuguese: “Mu’a”
- Russian: “Муа (город)”
- Russian: “Муа”
- Swedish: “Mu’a”
- Swedish: “Mua”
- Thai: “มูอา”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Muʻa”
- Ukrainian: “Муа (місто)”
- Ukrainian: “Муа”
- Veps: “Mua”
- Vietnamese: “Mu’a”
- “ma tomo Muwa”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mua Community Police Station and Mu’a Hospital.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Muʻa”. Photo: Haanofonua, CC BY-SA 3.0.