Kingdom of Tonga: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

Is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands. In the 10th century, the Tu'i Tonga Empire was established in the island of Tonga. In 1900 the Kingdom became a British protectorate and was added to the British Western Pacific Territories. It was a separate protectorate from 1953, until it re-emerged as an independent country in 1970.