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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: main island of Tonga
- Also known as: “Togatabu”, “Tongataboo Island”, “Tongatabu”, and “Tongatabu Island”
- Historically known as: “Amsterdam Island” and “New Amsterdam Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malapo and Holonga.
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.
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.
Tongatapu
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Chinese: “湯加塔普”
- 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”
- Tosk Albanian: “Tongatapu”
- Turkish: “Tongatapu”
- Ukrainian: “Тонгатапу”
- Urdu: “ٹونگاٹاپو”
- Vietnamese: “Tongatapu”
- Wallisian: “Togatapu”
- Welsh: “Tongatapu”
- Yue Chinese: “湯加塔普”
- “Amsterdam Island”
- “Isle Amsterdam”
- “t’ Eijlandt Amsterdam”
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