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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > cultural/social anthropology > Tonga
... > contexts > geographicals > Oceania > Australasia > Pacific islands > Polynesia > Tonga
... > contexts > geographicals > islands > Pacific islands > Polynesia > Tonga
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > landforms > islands > Pacific islands > Polynesia > Tonga
... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > physical geography > geomorphology > landforms > islands > Pacific islands > Polynesia > Tonga
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Tonga  

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  • Tonga is an island nation in the South Pacific between Fiji and Tahiti, north of New Zealand. The only island nation in the Pacific still maintaining a continuous indigenous monarchy, Tonga is a predominantly Christian nation with Methodism as its state religion. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Tonga]

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