Nukuʻalofa, population 22,400 (1996), is the capital, chief port and largest city of Tonga. The Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Tonga is located in the northwest of the capital Nuku{{okina}}alofa, close to the Pacific Ocean. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles The city is located on the coast of Tongatapu island, located at Coordinates: (-21. Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the location of the capital Nuku{{okina}}alofa. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 13333, -175. 2). [1]
Nukuʻalofa is the commercial, transport and social centre of Tonga. It comprises about 35% of the kingdom's population. The Tonga Royal Palace is located there. The Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Tonga is located in the northwest of the capital Nuku{{okina}}alofa, close to the Pacific Ocean.
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History
Nukuʻalofa proper is only a small area around the hill besides the palace, the Sia ko Veionga (Veiongo hill). It was chosen as his residence by the Tuʻi Kanokupolu Mumui, sometime around 1795. In Tonga, the Tui Kanokupolu is a Title held by the chief of the House of Tupou, currently the Royal House of Tonga Although the Tuʻi Kanokupolu was the worldly ruler of Tongatapu at that time, the royal court was still located in Muʻa with the Tuʻi Tonga, or the Tongan line of kings. Mua is a small city in the Hahake (eastern district on the island of Tongatapu, and it was for centuries the ancient Capital of Tonga. jkdlfalfjkj kiera germany dsaklfalfjkaskj The Tui Tonga is a line of Tongan kings which originated in the 10th century with the mythical {{okina}}Aho{{okina}}eitu As such, Muʻa was the capital at that time, not Nukuʻalofa.
Tupoumālohi built a fortress there during the beginning of the 19th century. Tupoumālohi (born sometime in the 18th century died 1812 was the 16th Tu{{okina}}i Kanokupolu of Tonga from the death of his uncle Ma{{okina}}afu{{okina}}olimuloa
It was on one of his raids in 1837 that Tāufaʻāhau I invaded the area near Fasi mo e afi with his tautahi (sea warriors), the warriors from Haʻapai and Vavaʻu. George Tupou I King of Tonga, originally known as Tāufaāhau I with some extra names Tupou Maeakafaua Ngininginiofolanga (in modern spelling originally Tubou Haapai is a group of Islands Islets Reefs and Shoals in the central part of the Kingdom of Tonga, with the Tongatapu group As a reward, his men received parcels of land near the old existing settlement, Kolomotuʻa (old-town), which were named collectively Kolofoʻou (new town), the two of which are separated by the Hala Vahaʻa kolo (village separation road). Kolomotu'a is located in Tongatapu ( main island of Tonga) It is in the Isthmus facing the north of the Pacific Ocean
Nukuʻalofa was not made the capital of Tonga until 1845 by Tāufaʻāhau I (though he still resided in Lifuka from 1847 to 1851). It remained a small village initially, slowly growing in size over time. The area immediately east of it, Fasi mo e afi, was not subdivided and allotted until 1923. Around the time of the second war Fasi mo e afi connected to Maʻufanga, the estate of the Fakafānua chiefs, which was positioned further to the east of Fasi mo e afi. It was there that a new wharf was built by the American army in 1942, still known as Fā-ua (meaning: 42). In the west it reached as far as Sopu ʻo Tāufaʻāhau, which was deemed far enough from town for Queen Sālote to be exiled when the whole population of Nukuʻalofa was forced to evacuate due to possible war attacks. Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tupou III Queen of Tonga, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DStJ ( 13 March 1900 &ndash 16 December
After the 1960's the town started to grow quickly, and it still is growing, in part due to its slow absorption of older villages around it, such as Tofoa.
Much of the business district of the city was destroyed during the 2006 Tonga riots. The 2006 Nuku{{okina}}alofa riots started on November 16, in the Tongan capital of Nukualofa
Government
There are district officers (ʻofisa vahe) and town officers (ʻofisa kolo), as there are in all villages, but their main task is only to forward the orders of the government to the people. Services like police, fire brigade, hospital, and so forth are all arranged by the national government. Positions for town officers are usually advertised for in the newspapers.
Transport
Nukuʻalofa is the central hub of all transport.
Buses arrive and depart from the central bus station along Vuna Road (the boulevard) close to the centre of town. Buses are privately operated and their drivers are free to drive whenever they want. There is no regular schedule, and if a driver is not in the mood to go one day, then there is no bus. Fares are fixed by the government, with reduced rates for school children. Usually the buses are filled to capacity. In addition some schools and big hotels have their own buses.
There are numerous taxis, also privately owned. Many people who own a car earn extra money with taxi services in their spare time. Taxi fares too are set by the government.
There are no railways or trams in Tonga.
Most families have their own car nowadays, and the traffic on the roads, especially Friday afternoons and Saturdays is heavy enough to give long queues. Bicycles are few. A lot of walking is still done too.
Nukuʻalofa harbour is the only deep-water harbour of the island (which was the reason that it was selected as the site for the capital). For many years Vuna Wharf was the international harbour, until it was destroyed by the 1977 earthquake. A new, much larger wharf was built towards Maʻufanga, named after Queen Sālote.
The fishermen and inter-island ferries wharf, numbered '42', is between the two. It is the central hub for boats to the outer islands. There are usually two boats to ʻEua every day and two to Haʻapai and Vavaʻu every week. Eua is a smaller but still major island in the kingdom of Tonga. Haapai is a group of Islands Islets Reefs and Shoals in the central part of the Kingdom of Tonga, with the Tongatapu group In addition to these regular services by shipping companies, there are less regular services from private boat owners to smaller islands like Nomuka, ʻEueiki, and so on. Nomuka is a small island in the southern part of the Ha{{okina}}apai group of islands in the Kingdom of Tonga.
Air transport is provided at Fuaʻamotu International Airport on the south side of Tongatapu, 35 kilometres from Nukuʻalofa. Fuaamotu International Airport is an international Airport in Tonga.
Sister cities
See also
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