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<text id=93CT1391>
<title>
Tonga--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tonga
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Oceania, 2,250 km north-northwest of New Zealand,
about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and New Zealand
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 748 km2</l>
<l> land area: 718 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than four times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 419 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: not specified</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season
(December to May), cool season (May to December)
</p>
<p>Terrain: most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted
coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish, fertile soil
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 25%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 55%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 6%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 12%</l>
<l> other: 2%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited);
subject to cyclones (October to April); deforestation
</p></body></article></text>