Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   Note: This section last updated 19th June 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 19th June 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32

The official language is English . Most of the population (about 98%) speak Tongan . Niuafo’ou is spoken by 690 people on Niuafo’ou and ’Eua Islands.

Personal names tend to follow the pattern given name(s)[ ]family name. Women usually take their husband’s name upon marriage. Miss is usually used for unmarried women in preference to Ms.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   [P.O. Box ]number
   Settlement[, ]Island name

for example:

Addresses are normally to post office boxes and are normally written in English. The name of the settlement is followed by the name of the island on the last line of the address.

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Post office box deliveries are to P.O. Box or to Postal Mail Bag (P.M.B.).

Tonga has no postal code system.

Tonga - Postal code format graphic

Tonga - Postal code format

Tonga - Postal code specifics

Tonga - Postal code regular expression

Tonga - Postal code level of coverage

Tonga - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 16th August 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Tonga for full lists of place names in Tonga in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Tonga has three island groups: Ha’apai , Tongatapu and Vava’u . It has 5 divisions :

    ’Eua 
    Ha’apai 
    Niuas 
    Tongatapu 
    Vava’u 

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 13th August 2019

Tongan telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 5 digits. Mobile numbers commence with these digit ranges: 15-19, 46, 49, 53-59, 63-69, 73, 75-78, 84, 86-89.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm