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Tonga Travel Photos
The Kingdom of Tonga stretches between Samoa and New Zealand, just west of the International Dateline. In 2010 a measure of democracy was achieved when the Tongan people gained the right to elect a small majority of members of Parilament. Yet the king and other members of the royal family retain considerable power. But i
Tonga has the highest ratio of followers of the Church of Latter-day Saints in the world, a result of missionary efforts financed by the American church. Tonga's political and religious conservatism has stiffled economic development and led many Tongans to emigrate to New Zealand and the United States.
All photos on Pacific-Pictures.com are by David Stanley, author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific. The images on this page are details. To view the complete photos, click on the thumbnails. | 
South Pacific Photos: Tonga
