Administrative division of Tonga

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The administrative structure of Tonga is based on the division into divisions ( Tongan ngaahi vahe ) at the highest level. This is each a governor ( governor before). These divisions are in turn into districts ( ngaahi vahefonua ), each of which is administered by a district administrator ( District Officers ; kau ʻofisa fakavahefonua ). The smallest administrative unit are the villages ( ngaahi kolo ), of which there are 155 (as of September 2017). In them the administrative chairmanship is incumbent on the town administrators ( Town Officers ; kau ʻofisa kolo ). Elections must be held every three years.

A distinction is also made (as of September 2017) between 170 populated and 7 uninhabited villages.

In addition, the kingdom is divided into 17 constituencies ( constituencies ), which in turn are used in censuses in Tonga .

Divisions

division Area
(km²) 		Residents
1986		 Population
1996		 Residents
2006		 Residents
2011 		Capital
ʻEua 87.44 4,393 4,934   5.206   5,016   ʻOhonua
Ha'apai 109.98 8,919 8,138   7,570   6,616   Pangai
Ongo Niua 71.69 2,368 2,018   1,665   1,282   Hihifo
Tongatapu 260.48 63,794 66,979   72.045   76,082   Nuku'alofa
Vava'u 119.00 15,175 15,595   15,075   14,922   Neiafu
Tonga 648.59 94,649 97,784   101.991   103.252   Nuku'alofa

Districts

Districts on Tongatapu
No. District division main place
41 Kolofo'ou Tongatapu Nukuʻalofa -West
42 Kolomotuʻa Tongatapu Nuku'alofa-East
43 Vaini Tongatapu Vaini
44 Tatakamotonga Tongatapu Tatakamotonga
45 Lapaha Tongatapu Lapaha
46 Nukunuku Tongatapu Nukunuku
47 Kolovai Tongatapu Kolovai
51 Neiafu Vava'u Neiafu
52 Pangaimotu Vava'u Pangaimotu
53 Hahake Vava'u Ta'anea
54 Leimatuʻa Vava'u Leimatuʻa
55 Hihifo Vava'u Longomapu
56 Motu Vava'u Hunga
21st Lifuka Ha'apai Pangai
22nd Foa Ha'apai Lotofoa
23 Lulunga Ha'apai Ha'afeva
24 Mu'omu'a Ha'apai Nomuka
25th Ha'ano Ha'apai Fakakai
26th 'Uiha Ha'apai 'Uiha
11 ʻEua Motuʻa ʻEua ʻOhonua
12 'Eua Fo'ou ʻEua Angaha
31 Niua Toputapu Ongo Niua (Niuas) Hihifo
32 Niua Fo'ou Ongo Niua (Niuas) ʻEsia

Villages

Constituencies

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The local government system in Tonga. Commonwealth Local Government Forum. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Tonga 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Tonga Department of Statistics, 2011, accessed September 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ United Nations Development Program Government of Tonga and United Nations Development Program. UNDP, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2017.