Part 750

Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

Merchant marine: none

Airports: none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa

Communications --------------

Telephones: NA

Telephone system: domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: radiotelephone service to Western Samoa

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of NA type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports

Radios: 1,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: NA

Televisions: NA

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of New Zealand

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@Tonga -----

Map ---

Location: 20 00 S, 175 00 W -- Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Flag ----

Description: red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner

Geography ---------

Location: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Geographic coordinates: 20 00 S, 175 00 W

Map references: Oceania

Area: total area: 748 sq km land area: 718 sq km comparative area: four times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 419 km

Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none