Tongatapu
Tongatapu is Tonga's largest island with over two-thirds of the country's population. There are some interesting places to visit and some nice beaches with good snorkelling and Tongatapu provides a good opportunity to view a unique culture.
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- Island
- …has 75,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- Description: main island of Tonga
- Also known as“Togatabu”“Tongataboo Island”“Tongatabu”“Tongatabu Island”
- Historically known as“Amsterdam Island”“New Amsterdam Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malapo and Holonga.
Tongatapu
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Latitude
-21.1737° or 21° 10′ 26″ south
Longitude
-175.1806° or 175° 10′ 50″ west
Open location code
52C6RRG9+GQ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tongatapu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تونغاتابو”
- Basque: “Tongatapu”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Тангатапу”
- Belarusian: “Тангатапу”
- Bengali: “টোঙ্গাটাপু”
- Bosnian: “Tongatapu”
- Bulgarian: “Тонгатапу”
- Catalan: “Grup Tongatapu”
- Catalan: “Tongatapu”
- Cebuano: “Tongatapu Island”
- Chinese: “東加塔布島”
- Chinese: “汤加塔布”
- Chinese: “汤加塔布岛”
- Chinese: “湯加塔布島”
- Danish: “Tongatapu”
- Dutch: “Tongatapu”
- Esperanto: “Tongatapu”
- Fijian: “Tokatapu”
- Finnish: “Tongatapu”
- French: “Tofoa”
- French: “Tongatapu”
- Galician: “Tongatapu”
- Georgian: “ტონგატაპუ”
- German: “Tongatapu”
- Greek: “Τονγκατάπου”
- Gujarati: “ટોંગાટાપુ”
- Hebrew: “טונגטפו”
- Hebrew: “נוקואלופה”
- Hindi: “टोंगटापू”
- Icelandic: “Tongatapu”
- Ido: “Tongatapu”
- Indonesian: “Tongatapu”
- Italian: “Tongatapu”
- Japanese: “トンガタプ島”
- Kannada: “ಟೋಂಗಟಾಪು”
- Korean: “통가타푸섬”
- Latin: “Tongatapu”
- Latvian: “Tongatapu”
- Lithuanian: “Tongatapu”
- Macedonian: “Тонгатапу”
- Malay: “Tongatapu”
- Marathi: “टोंगाटापू”
- Marathi: “टोंगाटाबू”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tongatapu”
- Norwegian: “Tongatapu”
- Persian: “تونگاتاپو”
- Polish: “Tongatapu”
- Portuguese: “Tongatapu”
- Romanian: “Tongatapu”
- Russian: “Острова Тонгатапу”
- Russian: “Тонагатапу”
- Russian: “Тонгатабу”
- Russian: “Тонгатапу”
- Sinhala: “ටොංගටපු, ටොංගා”
- Sinhala: “ටොන්ගටපු”
- Slovenian: “Tongatapu”
- Spanish: “Grupo Tongatapu”
- Spanish: “Tongatapu”
- Swedish: “Tongatapu”
- Swiss German: “Tongatapu”
- Tamil: “தொங்கட்டாப்பு”
- Telugu: “టోంగాటాపు”
- Thai: “โตงาตาปู”
- Turkish: “Tongatapu”
- Ukrainian: “Тонгатапу”
- Urdu: “ٹونگاٹاپو”
- Vietnamese: “Tongatapu”
- Wallisian: “Togatapu”
- Welsh: “Tongatapu”
- Yue Chinese: “湯加塔普”
- “Amsterdam Island”
- “Isle Amsterdam”
- “ma lili Tonatapu”
- “ma telo Tonatapu”
- “t’ Eijlandt Amsterdam”
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